Definition of Scylla

  • (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying \"Between Scylla and Charybdis,\" signifying a great peril on either hand.

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