god
Charybdis
The whirlpool opposite Scylla that thrice daily swallows and disgorges the sea, wrecking ships.
Reading notes
- The Loves §2.11 Charybdis
The whirlpool facing Scylla that thrice daily gulps and spews the sea.
- Letters from the Black Sea §4.10 compare Charybdis
Charybdis, the Sicilian whirlpool that thrice sucks down and spews the sea; less to be feared, Ovid claims, than the Pontic tribes about him.
- Ibis §12 Charybdis
The whirlpool facing Scylla in the strait, a second peril to the Dulichian (Ithacan) ship.
- Metamorphoses §8.193 Charybdis
The deadly whirlpool of the Sicilian strait, here a figure of cruelty.
- Metamorphoses §13.418 Charybdis
The whirlpool opposite Scylla that swallows and spews ships.