Wikipedia Scyl·la (sĭl′ə) n.Greek Mythology A female sea monster who lived in a cave opposite Charybdis and devoured sailors. Idiom: between Scylla and Charybdis In a position where avoidance of one danger exposes one to another danger. ...
"Then we entered the Straits in great fear of mind, for on the one hand was Scylla, and on the other dread Charybdis kept sucking up the salt water. "When we had passed the [Wandering] rocks, with Scylla and terrible Charybdis, we reached the noble island of the sun-god, where were...
A Collision with the Scylla of Russell and the Charybdis of WikipediaJustin E. H. Smith
The "Scylla & Charybdis" episode takes place in the The National Library of Ireland, on Kildare Street. The Library was a favorite hangout of Joyce and his friends. This PC mentions: "Besides extensive library, contains magnificent reading-room of horseshoe shape." A tourist pamphlet from 1900...
Wikipedia Related to Scylla:Charybdis Scyl·la (sĭl′ə) n.Greek Mythology A female sea monster who lived in a cave opposite Charybdis and devoured sailors. Idiom: between Scylla and Charybdis In a position where avoidance of one danger exposes one to another danger. ...
Wikipedia Scyl`lae´a n.1.(Zool.)A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co. ...