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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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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