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Charybdis
Charybdis , in Greek mythology, a female monster. Because she stole Hercules' cattle, Zeus hurled her into the sea. There she lay under rocks across from Scylla and sucked in and spewed out huge amounts of water, creating a whirlpool. ... Read more
whirlpool
whirlpool revolving current in an ocean, river, or lake. It may be caused by the configuration of the shore, irregularities in the bottom of the body of water, the meeting of opposing currents or tides, or the action of the wind upon the water. There are no true whirlpools really dangerous to shipp... Read more
Scylla
Scylla , in Greek mythology. 1 Sea monster. According to one legend Circe, jealous of the sea god Glaucus' love for Scylla, changed her from a beautiful nymph into a horrible doglike creature with six heads and twelve feet; according to another, Amphitrite, jealous of Poseidon's love for her, tran... Read more
Homer
Homer principal figure of ancient Greek literature; the first European poet. Works, Life, and Legends Two epic poems are attributed to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. They are composed in a literary type of Greek, Ionic in basis with Aeolic admixtures. Ranked among the great works o... Read more
Odyssey, The
Odyssey, The One of the great epics of ancient Greece, the Odyssey tells the story of the struggles and triumphs of the hero Odysseus as he made his way home after the Trojan War*. Pursued by the sea god Poseidon*, but aided both by his own cunning and by the goddess Athena*, Odysseus overcame co... Read more

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Scylla and Charybdis
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea Scylla and Charybdis, the names of two mythical navigational...mariners on board to their destruction. Charybdis was a dangerous whirlpool on the Sicilian...whirlpool. Between Scylla on one side and Charybdis on the other, the unfortunate seamen...
Charybdis
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Charybdis In Greek mythology, a female monster of the Straits of Messina, opposite Scylla . Daughter of Poseidon and Gaea, Zeus hurled her into the sea for stealing Heracles' cattle. A whirlpool formed where she lay under the water.
Odysseus
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...carried him along the coast of North Africa and across the unknown seas to Italy, where he braved the dangers of Scylla and Charybdis, a voyage recorded by Homer as the Odyssey . After many adventures he was, again according to legend, slain unknowingly...
Psychology of Religion
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion ...books, 1991. reich, k. helmut. "scientist vs. believer?: on navigating between the scilla of scientific norms and the charybdis of personal experience." journal of psychology and theology 28, no. 3 (200): 190-200. vetter, george b. magic...
whirlpool
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of the wind upon the water. There are no true whirlpools really dangerous to shipping; the Maelstrom, near Norway, and Charybdis , near Sicily, are subjects of legend and myth, and Corrievrekin , near Scotland, was feared by the sailors of small boats...
Scylla
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Scylla In Greek mythology, a female sea monster. Once a beautiful nymph beloved of Poseidon , Circe changed Scylla into a long-necked, six-headed beast. She lived with Charybdis beside the Straits of Messina between Sicily and Italy and devoured sailors.
Golden Apple, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...lyrics and Moross's charming music were at once contemporary yet period in flavor. Thus, in the song “Scylla and Charybdis” the returning soldiers were beguiled by two shady financial manipulators to a melody and words reminiscent of...
Homer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...auml;; he relates to them the story of his wanderings in which he has encountered Polyphemus, Aeolus, Circe, Scylla and Charybdis, the Sirens, the Laestrygones, and the lotus-eaters (Books V-XII). Dramatic tension mounts with the return of Odysseus...
Sirens
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Sirens In Greek mythology, three sea nymphs with women's heads and birds' bodies. They lived on a rocky island near the straits of Messina, home to Scylla and Charybdis , and their beautiful singing was believed to attract sailors onto the rocks.
The Secretary-General
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations ...a reading of the text [of the Charter]: of succumbing, that is, to vanity and wishful thinking. On the other is the Charybdis of trying to limit the role to only those responsibilities which are explicitly conferred by the Charter and are impossible...

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Charybdis
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Charybdis in Greek mythology, a dangerous whirlpool in a narrow channel of the sea, opposite the cave of the sea-monster Scylla .
Scylla
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...navigate the narrow channel between her cave and the whirlpool Charybdis . In later legend Scylla was a dangerous rock, located on...Italian side of the Strait of Messina. To be between Scylla and Charybdis is to be between two dangers or pitfalls, as between the...
Tyrrell, George
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...experiential aspects of religion and the relativity of theology and doctrinal formulations (e.g. in Through Scylla and Charybdis , 1907, and more radically in Christianity at the Crossroads , 1909). Expelled from the Jesuits in 1906, he suffered minor...
Danger
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Flora Symbolica , 177] rhubarb symbol of approaching pitfalls. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica , 177] Scylla and Charybdis rocks and whirlpool, respectively, opposite each other in the Strait of Messina. [Classical Myth.: Zimmerman, 59...
Predicament
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...husband; forced into adultery by patron. [Ger. Opera: d ’ Albert, Tiefland , Westerman, 373] Scylla and Charybdis two equally dangerous alternatives. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey, Espy , 41] Symplegades cliffs at Black Sea entrance; clashed...
between
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...in English from the late medieval period, and now more common in the metaphorical phrase to fall between two stools . See also there's many a slip between cup and lip , between a rock and a hard place , between Scylla and Charybdis .
Monsters
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...half serpent. [Gk. Myth.: Hamilton, 393] Cerberus three-headed watchdog of Hades. [Gk. Myth.: Avery, 270] Charybdis Poseidon ’ s daughter; monster of the deep. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey ; Rom. Lit.: Aeneid ] chimera mythical creature...

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maelstrom
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...maelstrom • noun   1. a maelstrom in the sea synonyms : whirlpool, vortex, eddy, swirl; literary Charybdis.   2. the maelstrom of war synonyms : turbulence, tumult, turmoil, disorder, disarray, chaos, confusion...

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Between Scylla and Charybdis: moral hazard or systemic risk: bailout Odyssey poses tough choices.([the] ECONOMIST)
Magazine article from: ColoradoBiz; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...ate sailors who passed by too closely. Charybdis had a single gaping mouth, which sucked...the problem of systemic risk--the Charybdis of financial markets, which occurs when...responsible regulator to choose--Scylla or Charybdis? In order to avoid Scylla, they tried...
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Scylla and Charybdis Of Literary Allusions
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/20/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...That leaves residents with a Scylla and Charybdis choice of either creating double sessions...continually walk the thin line between the Charybdis of a hard-line Palestinian Liberation...Bless you, Scylla! And you too, Charybdis, monsters though you may have been...
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Magazine article from: William and Mary Law Review; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Using Technology To Avoid Scylla and Charybdis 1. United States v. Lifshitz: Analyzing...between the mythological perils Scylla and Charybdis, (17) this type of monitoring avoids...computer in everyday life--and the Charybdis of not placing any restrictions on the...
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Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 9/23/2008; 700+ words ; ...BARNETT DELIVERS REMARKS ON SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS AT THE GLOBAL ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT SYMPOSIUM...pass through the gauntlet of Scylla and Charybdis on the journey home. As an initial matter...On the other side of the channel, Charybdis was a giant mouth that sucked in huge...
Between Scylla and Charybdis or between a rock and a hard place
Magazine article from: American Annals of the Deaf; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...sailing between two rock-dwelling monsters, Scylla and Charybdis. If a boat sailed too close to the cave dwelling six-headed...to avoid Scylla, it would be sucked into the whirlpool of Charybdis, with the sailors to die an equally horrible death. Through...
Between Scylla and Charybdis.(NATION)(RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/15/2009; 700+ words ; ...eat any sailor who passed too closely. And on the other, Charybdis' gaping maw threatened to swallow Odysseus' ship whole...above is merely the Scylla. But we are also facing a deadly Charybdis. Because the recovery plan is being funded by massive debt...
Scylla and Charybdis.(Breakfast Table)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 6/17/2007; 573 words ; ...fondly called balak beauty - after the Visayan verse form - was the only president who used the Sargasso sea of Scylla and Charybdis to refer to unpleasant alternatives. Now the prosaic term is no-win: or lose-lose, situation, for a predicament summed...
Between Scylla and Charybdis: Teacher Education's Odyssey.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Journal of Teacher Education; 11/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...the privilege of educating teachers are currently encountering trials that share similarities with those of Odysseus. The Charybdis of privatization of education threatens to drain resources from public schools; the Scylla of high-stakes testing looms...
Between Scylla and Charybdis: Reply to Commentaries
Magazine article from: Psychoanalytic Dialogues; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...failure to anticipate alternative versions of relational configurations. The author contends that the danger, the Scylla and Charybdis, of emphasis on these poles is the potential to overlook a fundamental developmental and treatment trajectory that reflects...