| 单词 | Scylla |
| 例句 | But Scylla turned from him and hastening inland was lost to his sight. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z To avoid her, we would have to skirt right next to Scylla’s cliffs. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z In those waters was that most perilous strait guarded by Scylla and Charybdis, which the Argonauts had succeeded in passing only because Thetis helped them and where Ulysses had lost six of his men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She and a few of her undead sailors uncovered one of the two emergency rowboats while Scylla’s heads rained from the sky like a meteor shower with teeth, picking off Confederate sailors one after another. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A sea peril next awaited them—the passage between Scylla and Charybdis. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Scylla had somehow caught me by the knapsack, and was lifting me up toward her lair. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z So he seemed to the lovely nymph Scylla when she was bathing in a little bay and caught sight of him rising from the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And as bad as Scylla might be, those cliffs were looking awfully good to me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Glaucus was in despair, for he was madly in love; and he determined to go to Circe, the enchantress, and beg her for a love-potion to melt Scylla’s hard heart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Scylla entered the water she was changed into a frightful monster. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She prepared a vial of very powerful poison and, going to the bay where Scylla bathed, she poured into it the baleful liquid. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His daughter, Scylla, used to watch Minos from the city wall and she fell madly in love with him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Trees will cover the sea bottom and seaweed the mountain tops before I cease to love Scylla,” he told her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only way into the Sea of Monsters. Straight between Charybdis and her sister Scylla.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Q: There’s a lot of opportunity with “The Odyssey” to write material inspired by monstrosity, whether it’s Scylla and Charybdis or the Cyclops. Q. and A.: Chris Potter on ‘The Sirens’ 2013-02-05T17:18:12Z She steers ably between the Scylla of cynicism and the Charybdis of romanticism, achieving an authentically original voice and, perhaps more startlingly, an authentically original perspective. How a Mystery Illness Cost One Writer a Decade of Health 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z He had already decided to be a writer, but he was still trying to chart his own idiosyncratic path between the Scylla and Charibdis of high and low culture. The Life of J.G. Ballard: An Alien Among Us 2013-01-24T14:15:39Z Farrell finds his way between Scylla and Charybdis by the simple expedient of not looking to the right or left, but sailing straight on regardless. Colin Farrell Joins the League of High-Profile Narrators of ‘A Portrait of the Artist’ 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z After she turns a nymph, Scylla, into a six-headed sea monster, Helios banishes Circe to a remote island where she spends centuries in exile, with wolves and lions as her companions. Circe, a Vilified Witch From Classical Mythology, Gets Her Own Epic 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Sing to me of the Cyclops, the Sirens, Calypso and Circe, Scylla and Charybdis, of challenges confronted and conquered, destiny delayed and at long last achieved. Lost in the Odyssey 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z How do you like that for a Scylla and Charybdis? Where are the women Kerouacs? 2013-03-13T22:28:00Z Ms. Finn points to Greek mythological figures like Scylla, Lamia and Medusa who were all female, grotesque, destructive and, most tellingly, barren. Fertility Is a Matter of Age, No Matter How Young a Woman Looks 2011-08-31T20:39:17Z Movies about public figures—ones whose appearance, diction, and gestures are deeply ingrained in the minds of most likely viewers—must confront the Scylla of impersonation and the Charybdis of unfaithfulness. The Authentic Joy of “Southside with You” 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The result, he said, was to put writers and directors “between Scylla and Charybdis — between censorship or self-censorship.” Russian Artists Face a Choice: Censor Themselves, or Else 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z When it came to the customer experience, however, the opera house had to contend with the Scylla and Charybdis of modern renovation: accessibility and historical heritage. The Sydney Opera House Goes Quiet. Finally. 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z A notable exception is “Scylla & Charybdis,” mythic sea monsters represented here by two carved chunks of alabaster, one milky and the other glassy. Review | In the galleries: Exploring a sense of place in a shifting world 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z For many long minutes, those covering the show in real time were trapped between the Scylla and Charybdis of congratulatory awe and potentially backlash-provoking faux pas. Column: How did Rihanna pull off her big-reveal heist of the Super Bowl? 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Mandatory infringement works to place competitors between Scylla and Charybdis, forcing them out of the market and thereby harming consumers. Op-Ed: Prevent a legal catch-22 that could push thousands of generic drugs off the market 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z I don’t expect you to say “between Scylla and Charybdis” but could you please say “between a rock and a whirlpool” instead? Rant & Rave: Vegetarian, vegan food doesn’t need to be spicy 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z In other words, the middle path, the tightrope walk, the threading of Scylla and Charybdis. The problem with positive psychology: When the pursuit of happiness regresses into toxic positivity 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Investors seeking to steer clear of the twin hazards of rising inflation and falling bond prices might feel as if they’re being asked to navigate between the mythological sea creatures Scylla and Charybdis. Surging Inflation and Volatile Bond Prices Are Challenging Investors 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Especially when contemplating prospects for life on distinctly alien worlds such as the ocean moons of the outer solar system, researchers must carefully navigate between these two interlinked hazards—the Scylla and Charybdis of astrobiology. New Approach Could Boost the Search for Life in Otherworldly Oceans 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Matze said Parler had also been booted from online payments service Stripe and from American Express and had lost its Scylla Enterprise database. Exclusive: Parler CEO says social media app, favored by Trump supporters, may not return 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z As he did in his efforts on police brutality, Scott navigated between the Charybdis of sloppy anti-Americanism on the left and the Scylla of willful ignorance on the right. Scott takes the lead 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Another Titan, described as “a sort of aquatic, arachnid-looking creature” is a female monster drawn from Greek mythology named Scylla. How ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ updated four iconic kaiju characters 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z In other words, to navigate the economy between the Scylla of a bubble and the Charybdis of a severe slowdown. Analysis | China’s slowdown is the biggest threat to world economy 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Yes Plz aspires to navigate between the Charybdis of coffee snobbery on one side and the Scylla of office-kitchen swill on the other. Yes Plz delivers news with its morning coffee 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z When security or police personnel "either respond to the alert or mark it as a false positive" they further train Scylla to tell the difference between the two, he says. 'We turn the lights off... and sit huddled in the corner' 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z We passed through the Strait of Messina—where Odysseus had to navigate between the man-eating monster Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis. A Father’s Final Odyssey 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Finally, the Ryan plan was designed to navigate the Scylla and Charybdis of the congressional budgeting process. Paul Ryan’s Health-Care Vise 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Swirling between the Scylla and Charybdis of this weird presidential race, the poor voter may find himself caught up in a whirlpool of second, third and fourth thoughts, with still more to come before November. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z “Genius,” Michael Grandage’s stalwart if staid biopic about literary editor Maxwell Perkins and author Thomas Wolfe, largely sidesteps the Scylla and Charybdis of inertia and burlesque through which any film about an artist must pass. Colin Firth plays the self-effacing literary editor Maxwell Perkins in ‘Genius’ 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z His company will provide Scylla at cost to government and commercial installations, and then at highly subsidised prices to schools, he adds. 'We turn the lights off... and sit huddled in the corner' 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z His books succeed both as narratives and as arguments about our organic selves, holding steady between the Scylla of abstruseness and the Charybdis of reductiveness. When we unlock the secrets of our genes, what do we do with that knowledge? 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z It’s a classic Catch-22, caught between the Scylla and Charybdis of the rating system and acceptance rates. Uber is a nightmare: They’re selling a big lie — and the New York Times keeps buying it 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z The essence is that politicians steer too close to either the Scylla of reunification or the Charybdis of formal independence at their extreme peril. Taiwan prepares for turmoil as China watches its elections from afar 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Scylla and Charybdis were sea monsters who assumed the forms of a rocky shoal and a whirlpool respectively on either side of the Strait of Messina between Sicily and the Italian mainland. Greece's debt crisis explained, in mythological terms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z But it is probably unwise to venture beyond the shores of common sense, for it isn’t long before you encounter either Scylla or Charybdis. Why ‘Natural’ Doesn’t Mean Anything Anymore 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z That Ithaca was a Danish island, and that the strait between Scylla and Charybdis was in fact Moskstraumen, a strait far to the north of Norway. Karl Ove Knausgaard Travels Through America 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Wearing his ski vest with its Eagle Club patch, Taki carries on like he’s the club’s own Scylla and Charybdis. Gstaad: The Last Resort 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z He appropriately frames the piece around the mythological challenge of navigating between Scylla and Charybdis — finding ways to boost energy access while limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Building Sustainable Energy Access, from the Outside In 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Because Mr. Draghi is steering through Scylla and Charybdis, with radically different outcomes for Europe on either side. The Conflict Between Germany and the E.C.B. That Threatens Europe 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Balancing the need to not offend OEM partners while giving Surface the push it needs to succeed with consumers places Microsoft between Scylla and Charybdis. Incremental Improvements Make Microsoft Surface Better, But Go-To-Market Strategy Will Determine Success 2013-09-23T15:08:00Z Any way to conduct ourselves that steers adroitly between the shoals of Scylla and the vortex of Charybdis? What Network Can You Trust? 2013-09-04T15:18:00Z “We are right between the rock and the hard place, or, if you’re a literary type, between Scylla and Charybdis,” said Frederic M. Umane, the president of the city’s Board of Elections. New York City Wants to Revive Old Voting Machines 2013-05-29T20:32:36Z It is obvious from the tales of Hecuba’s transformation and death that she is a form of some goddess to whom dogs were sacred; and the analogy with Scylla is striking. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z In the meantime Captain Crouch, seated on the stern seat of the last boat to leave the ship, found himself--as the saying goes--between the hammer and the anvil, between Scylla and Charybdis. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z State allegiance had to be directed between the Scylla of a monarchical restoration and the Charybdis of nominally republican personal government. The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 2012-04-04T02:00:55.303Z He will then abandon the iron in the armature, and he will get from the Scylla to the Charybdis. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z Glaucus faithfully did as she commanded; but when Scylla plunged into the water, her body, and not her feelings, changed, and she became a loathsome monster, a terror to gods and men. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The missionaries, however, seemed to be trying to stir between Scylla and Charybdis. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z We stand between a social Scylla and Charybdis. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Ulysses between Scylla and Charybdis.An exemplification of Satan straitened in his passage to Light. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The existence of monsters such as Scylla, the Centaurs, the Chimaera, is shown to be impossible according to the natural laws of production. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The sound of the rushing waters whirling around Charybdis made all on board tremble with fear, and the pilot steered nearer still to dread Scylla’s den. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Who the day through had steered her by the Charybdis of otherwise certain mistake, and past the Scylla of otherwise inevitable blunder? Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress 2012-01-12T03:00:14.550Z An Irishman, when not stranded on the Scylla of indolence, is certain to flounder headforemost on the Charybdis of enthusiasm; and, of the two dangers, the latter is generally the worst.' My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Is there a passage between Scylla and Charybdis? Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z Discordant images unite together in the air, and present the appearance of Centaurs, Scyllas, and the like. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The rest passed on unharmed; but since then, in speaking of conflicting dangers, it has been customary to use the expression, “falling from Charybdis into Scylla.” Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z And I’ll close out the blogging year with his assessment of Searle’s aim, which, he writes: …is to find a via media between the Scylla of dualism and the Charybdis of materialism. There's Something Wrong with the Philosophy of Mind 2011-12-31T19:37:27Z Placed between Scylla and Charybdis, between Manasseh and his manservant, he felt he could sooner face the former. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z During the first night out we passed between Scylla and Charybdis. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z For then it could be said of her: "She fell upon Scylla while trying to avoid Charybdis." The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z When in sight of the fig tree, Ulysses, cased in armor, stood on the prow to attack Scylla should she attempt to seize one of his crew. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z What we need is a modern Ulysses to steer us between a new Scylla and Charybidis, without ending up being lured by the Sirens on the other end! Dot Earth Blog: More on Energy and Climate Paths for California and Beyond 2011-11-02T15:54:43Z He is now fairly between Scylla and Charybdis; he must fall upon one; and which does he choose? Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Charybdis, kar-ib′dis, n. a dangerous whirlpool between Italy and Sicily, and opposite to Scylla, the two together providing a proverbial alternative of ruin hardly to be escaped. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Sometimes the disappointment made her positively ill; always it left her tossing between the Scylla and Charybdis of terrible alternatives. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z As for Scylla, she too dwelt in a cave, whence her six ugly heads protruded to devour any prey that came within reach. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z It is the part of fools to fall upon Scylla in striving to avoid Charybdis. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z To pass from Maple to Ireton, was to fall from Scylla to Charybdis!' The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z Minos received the gift with horror, and, when the city was taken, refused to permit Scylla to accompany him to Crete. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z That passed, a Scylla in the form of rushes Nods to Charybdis which in ruts appears: He will be safe who in the middle steers; One step aside, the ball destruction brushes. Poems on Golf 2011-09-08T02:00:19.780Z Yet the musical Hercules is beset with a Charybdis as well as a Scylla. How to Write Music Musical Orthography 2011-09-01T02:00:19.133Z Is it surprising then, that she found it difficult to steer her course between the rocks of Scylla and the whirlpools of Charybdis? Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z Off he went, having bribed Scylla, but he met Charybdis in the gateway, where he came plump on the Bailiff. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Scylla, the daughter of this prince, admired the majestic person of Minos, and the valor which he displayed. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z They had seen the Cataracts and wondered at them, especially at the terrible Nenasytets, which devoured every year a number of people, like Scylla and Charybdis of old. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z It was our desire to avoid both Scylla and Charybdis—to treat the subject with an unbiased mind—to get the real facts, and then propound, if possible, a solution to the problem. The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It 2011-07-21T02:00:23.213Z It would avoid on the one hand the Scylla of needless collision with Roman authority, and on the other the Charybdis of Zealot turbulence. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z Might it not well be that, escaping Scylla, they were sailing into the whirlpool of Charybdis? House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z Scylla cast herself into the sea, and was transformed at the same moment into a lark. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z They tried to escape both the Scylla and the Charybdis of religious and political contentions, but in early days narrow was the way. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Struck with despair, with trembling hearts we viewed The yawning dungeon, and the tumbling flood; When, lo! fierce Scylla stooped to seize her prey, Stretched her dire jaws, and swept six men away. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z Here, however, a dramatist meets his Scylla and Charybdis. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z But he is always between Scylla and Charybdis. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z Scylla was so much grieved by this transformation, that she cast herself into the sea, where she was changed into a rock, made famous by the many shipwrecks that occurred upon it. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The threefold ebb and flow, the howling of the monster Scylla, the whirlpools of Charybdis, the floating rocks—all tell us that we are quitting here the region of truth. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z It was a case of falling on Scylla when trying to avoid Charybdis. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z He yields to Scylla, if he does not write any such scene; to Charybdis, if he writes such a scene but does not advance his play by it—that is, if he merely marks time. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z The whole long Glaucus and Scylla episode filling the third book, and especially this its climax, has to many lovers and students of Keats proved a riddle hard of solution. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z The ancients placed Scylla and Charybdis in the straits of Messina. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z And didst thou then encounter and escape Scylla's dread arms, Charybdis' frightful jaws? Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z Gradually we make our way through the Straits, sailing between Scylla and Charybdis, which for the modern traveller has no terrors. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z To oblige Minos, the dutiful Scylla cut it off, and presented it to her lover. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z The young man and the old—or rather ‘the young soul in age’s mask’—go together to the submarine hall of burial where Scylla and the multitude of drowned lovers lie enshrined. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Glaucus did not pursue Scylla but he felt that he could not give her up. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Clarence saw the two houses and began to feel like a mariner of old between Scylla and Charybdis. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z But while avoiding Charybdis he fell into the clutches of Scylla; for, as I said above, he was taken on his way to our house, and dragged to London. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z It was a real Scylla and Charybdis for him. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Here he found Scylla cold and dead, killed by Circe’s arts. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z The enchantress looked on Glaucus and she began to admire him as much as Scylla had been frightened by him. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Between the Scylla of his master's wrath, and the Charybdis of his willful little mistress, poor Jupiter knew not which way to steer. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z "I don't believe," said Scylla, "that he has any connection with a circus whatever." Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z I believe that is the Charybdis on which one runs when one steers clear of the Scylla of religious folly.——Let's sit down under this beech tree. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z You are but upon the edge of the Scylla of passion. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z She blended them with deadly skill and then took her way to the coast of Sicily where Scylla lived. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Why, men, you have even looked on Scylla in her madness, and heard those yells that thrill the rocks; you have even made trial of the crags of the Cyclops. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z If the Scylla of stupid superstition was dangerous, the Charybdis of arrogant scepticism is destructive. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z “With obese women we are stuck between Scylla and Charybdis,” Dr. Minkoff said. Obese Mothers a Burden on Hospital Resources 2010-06-05T17:59:00Z Newsweek and Time were once the Scylla and Charybdis of American journalism: large and fearsome. Washington Post selling Newsweek to staunch losses 2010-05-05T15:41:00Z Glaucus, meanwhile, forgot Scylla in the enchantment of Circe's island and remained in the waters near there, taking human form when he wished and enjoying the luxuries of her palace. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Above all, let him not try to speed his course through the straits of Sicily, for here the dread monsters Scylla and Charybdis keep the way. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z "Who, as they sung, would take the prisoned soul, And lap it in Elysium: Scylla wept And chid her barking waves into attention, And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause." Heathen Mythology Mile after mile the quick water held, with only the shortest of reaches between Scylla and Charybdis for the breath-catching. Stranded in Arcady The Sirens, Scylla, and the Symplegades were some of the dangers of the journey. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes He set out for the island of Circe, the enchantress, to ask her help in winning Scylla. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z These are the Scylla and Charybdis of the critic's career. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Scylla, daughter of Hecate and of Phorcys, was a beautiful nymph, greatly beloved by Glaucus, also one of the deities of the sea. Heathen Mythology The conquest of the mainland was speedily effected, though Ga�ta, Reggio and the rock of Scylla held out for some months. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Once again the British government has been driven from the Scylla of healthy Anglo-Saxon moral indignation to the Charybdis behind that illuminating phrase—“India needs the money.” Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse "Sooner shall trees grow at the bottom of the ocean and sea weed on the mountain peaks than I will cease to love Scylla and her alone," Glaucus told Circe. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z The violent eddies in the currents there, and the sudden approach and collision of the large masses of ice, reminded us forcibly of the poet's description of Scylla and Charybdis. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Upon the beech a winding bay there lies, Sheltered from seas, and shaded from the skies; This station Scylla chose; a soft retreat From chilling winds and raging cancer's heat. Heathen Mythology Then Antonio has so many rooms dependent on him, that every door is a Scylla, and every window a Charybdis, as he passes. To Cuba and Back Foul greed of gain, incontinent desire, were the main causes of such bitter ill: Scylla her agèd sire for one did slay, for both Teresa did her son betray. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Scylla came that day as usual when the sun was high and plunged into the waters up to her waist. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Here are the Scylla and the Charybdis between which human society must pick its devious way. The Holy Earth Down, down the boiling, foaming, roaring descent he sped, plying his oar with all his might, lest in turning a frothing Scylla he might be hurled upon a threatening Charybdis. Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895 Escaping from war, we rush upon the opposite peril,—as from Charybdis to Scylla. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Minos of Crete made war against him, for whom Scylla conceived so violent a passion, that she cut off the fatal lock while her father slept. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Circe's charm had taken effect and the lovable Scylla had been carried down to Neptune's kingdom, but not as Glaucus had desired, for she was without motion or sight or speech. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z I enjoyed it; Ulysses, too, probably enjoyed his trip between Scylla and Charybdis—after it was over! The Brain In this matter he is between two dangers and must steer his course wisely to avoid the rocks of his Scylla and Charybdis. How to See a Play God forbid that we rush now upon this peril,—as from Charybdis to Scylla! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Scylla, on this, threw herself into the sea, and was metamorphosed into the rock which bears her name. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Glaucus began then to search for Scylla through the many leagues of the ocean but he could not find her. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z There in her cave Scylla sits, fishing with her feelers for dolphins and other great fish, and for men, if any men sail by that way. Tales of Troy and Greece The story is based on the seventh fable in the thirteenth book of the Metamorphoses,—the sad story which Galatea, daughter of Nereus, tells to Scylla. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers And finally, take care not to rush from Charybdis to Scylla. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 The rock Scylla at a distance appears like the statue of a woman. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem And in all his following of the tides he was searching for Scylla. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Well he knew the danger of the rock on the left, for within it was a deep cave, where a monster named Scylla lived, yelping with a shrill voice out of her six hideous heads. Tales of Troy and Greece The king's daughter, Scylla, conceived a passion for Minos, and to ensure him the victory she plucked from her father's head a purple hair upon which depended the preservation of himself and the city. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Alas! the Scylla on which our Republic is now driving is that old rock of concession and compromise which from the beginning of our history has been a constant peril. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 By the force of the enchantment the favoured Scylla was changed into a hideous monster, whose loins were surrounded with the ever-barking heads of dogs and wolves. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem After a thousand years had passed and it seemed to the gods that Glaucus had expiated the wrong he had done in appealing to Circe, he found Scylla in the green depths. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z At the sides, also, upon two other pedestals, are Scylla and Charybdis in the forms of two monsters, fashioned very well, with heads of Dogs and Furies about them. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 08 (of 10) Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero The dread of Scylla, as is usual, wrecked her on Charybdis. Coelebs In Search of a Wife A phantom is created, and, to avoid this phantom, we rush towards concession and compromise,—as from Charybdis to Scylla. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 The castle of the Prince of Tolfi was built on the summit of the towering and precipitous rock of Scylla, and commanded a magnificent view of Sicily in all its grandeur. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 He began to hate the powers of the wicked enchantress and the memory came to him of Scylla as she had appeared to him on the rock, her hands full of bright shells. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z You would have thought, by the confusion it caused in the river, and the whirlpools it made, that Scylla and Charybdis, and their whole progeny, had left the Mediterranean, and come and settled here. Wanderings in South America There is no simple rule of safety: between Scylla and Charybdis the mariner must steer as best he may. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Therefore, in escaping from military power, care must be taken that we do not run upon the opposite danger,—as from Charybdis to Scylla. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Scylla, Miss Betsey, went with them, or Charybdis, the houseboat party, would have to decline Tom Curtis's offer to tow them up the Rappahannock River. Madge Morton's Trust But Scylla was very much terrified at the sight of this strange personage, half youth and half fish. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Scylla and Charybdis were dangerous rocks and whirlpools on opposite sides of the strait of Messina. Minor Poems by Milton Pray do not delay an instant, or she will imagine that some dire calamity has befallen her knight, who, in hunting a siren, encountered Scylla or Charybdis. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Of course the fable of Scylla and Charybdis is ancient; but this verse cannot be traced to antiquity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 So the girls decided to choose "Miss Scylla," as they nicknamed poor Miss Betsey. Madge Morton's Trust That was because Scylla, through the design of Circe, had gone down as mortals do and been drowned. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z The room was a modern presentation of Scylla and Charybdis. The Blue Goose How could they escape between Scylla and Charybdis? Timar's Two Worlds Mythologically, they were two voracious monsters, dwelling opposite to each other,—Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, and Scylla on the coast of Italy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 “Scylla and Charybdis!” he muttered, nervously, glancing about for means of escape. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time In the Jewish people we see Nature steering one of her cargoes of differentiated humanity between the Scylla and Charybdis of the modern sea of industrial civilization. Nationality and Race from an Anthropologist's Point of View Being the Robert Boyle lecture delivered before the Oxford university junior scientific club on November 17, 1919 Scylla, the bar, stimulated to the daring of Charybdis across the way, and Charybdis, the roulette, sent its winners to celebrate success, or its victims to deaden the pain of loss. The Blue Goose In the Mediterranean itself the Sirens beguiled the passers-by with their songs near where Naples now stands; adjoining were Scylla and Charybdis; in Sicily were the one-eyed Cyclops and cannibal L�strygons. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Ah, shun the horrid gulf! by Scylla fly! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 In escaping Scylla he had plunged headlong into Charybdis. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 But the Scylla and the Charybdis of fiction-writing may both be avoided. Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews One of the most beautiful of the figurative representations of the sea is the well-known type of Scylla. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) But this was plunging from Scylla into Charybdis, for it inferred that the Stuarts inherited the heavenly-gifted touch by descent. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Thus, in the exquisite "Comus," He shows these opposite terrors subdued by another power:— "Scylla wept And chid her barking waves into attention And fell Charybdis murmured soft applause." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Road-making policy fluctuated between the Scylla of local neglect and the Charybdis of centralized jobbery. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways Scylla and Charybdis are stationary now, and the gaping chasm has swallowed us upward, where we reach an opening into a wide park, a veritable fairyland. Trail Tales Scylla generally brandishes a rudder to show the manner in which she twists the course of ships. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) They are the Scylla and Charybdis of Authors; those who escape one, often fall by the other. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare Here Scylla bellows from her dire abodes, Tremendous pest, abhorred by men and gods! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Thus the Church steered a middle course between the Scylla of co-existence and the Charybdis of identity. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology Such an Amsterdamer calls everybody a “peasant,” even if he is a student and able to explain what sort of a “Scylla” that was. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland There let them warble in the tainted breeze, 75 Or sing like widow’d orphans to the trees: There let them chant their incoherent dreams, Where howls Charybdis, and where Scylla screams! The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir The upper end of handle takes the form of a goddess—Scylla, or Diana with two hounds—ending in acanthus leaves below the waist. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome Take warning: Seeking to escape from Charybdis, do not rush upon Scylla. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 The biographer, as Mr Froude found out for a commentary on all this, is placed between a Scylla and Charybdis, between what is due to the subject, and what is expected by the public. James Boswell Famous Scots Series He announced that the “Scylla” of Rotgans was to be given, followed by “Chloris,” with something else as a close. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland The ancients would have represented it as a sea-monster with open jaws, more terrible than Scylla and Charybdis. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 You sail triumphantly between Scylla and Charybdis without so much as skinning your eye.” Dr. Sevier Charybdis was a whirlpool, in which ships were often sucked to destruction; Scylla was a rock, on which ships were often dashed to pieces. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Against these Teucrians sea and sky have spent their strength for nought: Was Syrtes aught, or Scylla aught, or huge Charybdis aught? The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse Scylla is insanely in love with Minos, who is old and dignified. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland And truly, we have never before undergone such trials in sailing between––but that Charybdis and Scylla allusion has been done to death. The Book of Khalid Which Dryden translates— With me the rocks of Scylla have you tried, Th' inhuman Cyclops and his den defied: What greater ills hereafter can you bear? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The dangers of both coasts were at length passed, not without the loss of six men, "chiefs of renown," who became the prey of Scylla. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 What the savage bounds, “Which compass greedy Scylla 'mid the main “Sicilian? The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II He alone dared to brave the Fenris wolf; and the Southern proverb concerning Scylla and Charybdis has its counterpart in the Northern adage, “to get loose out of Læding and to dash out of Droma.” Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas Is it surprising, then, that she found it difficult to steer her course between the rocks of Scylla and the whirlpools of Charybdis? Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Over that very pavement which the excavations have laid bare, the chariots of Scylla, and of Titus, and of a hundred other warriors, have rolled. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Four players now arrange themselves thus: two as mariners, one at either end of the table, and two as Scylla and Charybdis, one on each side of it. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young Nisus betrayed to Minos by his daughter Scylla; changed to a falcon, and Scylla to a lark. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Have you never yourself been betwixt Scylla and Charybdis? A Victor of Salamis From this position Chesterton deduces that it is the only rational religion, because it steers between the Scylla of pessimism and avoids the Charybdis of a facile optimism. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Look along the Via Sacra,—that narrow paved road which leads southward from the Capitol: the very stones over which the chariot of Scylla rolled are still there. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Vessels which avoided the rock of Scylla were oft-times prone to fall into the dangerous whirlpool of Charybdis. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young These words he spoke, and more to speak prepar'd, When Scylla left the god. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Accordingly, her divines abound with warnings against the aforesaid Scylla and Charybdis, and with exhortations to cleave to the middle line of safety. Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Pelagius had fallen into Scylla, and Luther into Charybdis. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Bailing from Palermo early in June it captured the islands of Ischia and Procida and the castle of Scylla, and threw Naples into consternation. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Suppose 50 words were sent across the straits, the record might read: The Mariners gained 27 words Scylla and Charybdis gained 23 words —-— The game won by the Mariners by 4 words. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young Scylla transformed to a monster by Circé through jealousy; and ultimately to a rock. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II We, and the new faith with us, are between Scylla and Charybdis. Privy Seal His Last Venture She has escaped Scylla only to fall upon Charybdis. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Anxiety and Ennui are the Scylla and Charybdis on which the bark of human happiness is most commonly wrecked. The Map of Life Conduct and Character Later legend gave to Scylla a great variety of forms, which were reproduced in art and poetry. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary “But lest the object of my lore, to thee “Unknown, be hid; I Scylla late beheld “Upon th' Italian shore: Messenia's walls “Opposing. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Scylla, becoming enamoured of him, betrays her country, the safety of which depends upon the purple lock of her father Nisu. The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations The Sirens still sang their entrancing songs, while Scylla and Charybdis were ever stretching out eager arms toward unwary mariners. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire Our route lies through a passage often celebrated by the ancients, "the famous Scylla and Charybdis." Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I Thus Ulysses disobeys Circe's command not to attempt to fight Scylla with weapons; the reason of her injunction becomes plain. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary But to her tempting speeches Glaucus thus Reply'd—“The trees shall sooner in the waves “Spring up, and sea-weed on the mountain's top, “Than I, while Scylla lives, my love transfer.” The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II A little experience in hydriatics, a few buckets of water, with a couple of linen sheets and blankets, will answer all the indications and remove the danger without sending the patient from Scylla into Charybdis. Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms He sailed farther, past Scylla and Charybdis, and discovered no greater dangers than sharp rocks and whirlpools. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire "Yes; and rather easy in avoiding Scylla to fall into Charybdis." The Opened Shutters The island is represented as pastoral, peaceful, idyllic, with its herds reposing in sunlight; certainly a decided contrast to the noise and struggle in the region of Scylla and Charybdis. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Her station Scylla kept; And soon as scope for vengeance she perceiv'd, In hate to Circé, of his comrade crew Depriv'd Ulysses. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Dire Scylla there a scene of horror forms, And here Charybdis fills the deep with storms. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk He afterwards passed in safety through the frightful gulf of Scylla and Charybdis, and visited the wind-god Æolus, who gave him a fair wind home, and all the foul winds tied up in a bag. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality It is evident that these Scylla and Charybdis of prosody have no longer any terrors for you, Lentz. The Varmint The two terrors, Scylla and Charybdis, lie in the straits of Messina, according to the accepted view, the former on the Italian side, the latter on the Sicilian. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Here Scylla on the right; Charybdis, restless, on the left alarms. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II They were drifting apart, I thought; but in avoiding Scylla, had I not plunged into Charybdis? The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy He and old Scylla applied to Mr. Tomlinson for rations, pleading utter poverty. Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) One's toilet must be a delicate compromise between ball attire and full visiting dress, but Mademoiselle Melanie has hit the juste milieu; and succeeded in carrying me through all the perils of Scylla and Charybdis. Fairy Fingers A Novel Scylla, watched, remains invisible; unwatched, she appears and snaps up six companions; external weapons can effect nothing against her. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary If it escape the Scylla of these pitiless plunderers, it is soon dashed upon a more merciless Charybdis, when the miscreant moths have ascertained its destitution. Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual Odysseus has to accomplish the awful passage between Scylla and Charybdis. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity It turned out next day that Robert and Scylla's husband were in treaty for Mr. Fairfield's horse, at the rate of $350! Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) But for these barking and biting dogs, they are as well knowne as Scylla and Charybdis. Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Here is the point where Scylla and Charybdis appear, a new set of extremes, between which the mean is to be sought, then the passage can be made. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary But this only drove Protestants from Scylla into Charybdis, and landed them in inextricable difficulties, because they withdrew the Gospels from the historical soil out of which they sprang. The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour I left poor Scylla in a niche and fled. Endymion A Poetic Romance Close passing Scylla’s rock, shoot swift thy bark Beyond it, since the loss of six alone Is better far than shipwreck made of all. The Odyssey of Homer Yet even though strange lands Keep him away from thee, and distant wars, And monstrous Scyllas, and the guileful Sirens, Not even they can blot him from thy soul, Him, thy thought's whitest light, Penelope! Life Immovable First Part The monster Scylla is here to be noted, with its six necks and heads, three on each side of the body, wherein again the triple is duplicated, though the body is certainly one. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary But we do not escape Charybdis by steering again into Scylla, but by endeavouring to rise above Charybdis, ay, even above the Gospels. The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour Then Scylla, blushing sweetly from her dream, They led on first, bent to her meek surprise, Though portal columns of a giant size, Into the vaulted, boundless emerald. Endymion A Poetic Romance If, chance, from fell Charybdis I escape, May I not also save from Scylla’s force My people; should the monster threaten them? The Odyssey of Homer It was evident that Hogarth's verdict on Johnson wanted revising, but he rushed from Scylla to Charybdis. Mushrooms on the Moor At any rate the grand stress is laid upon the second Alternative, Scylla and Charybdis, between which the ship is to pass. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary She seemed, like the Argonauts of yore, "'twixt Scylla and Charybdis". The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life The passage between Scylla and Charybdis is often a wide one. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother Thus, many a groan Heaving, we navigated sad the streight, For here stood Scylla, while Charybdis there With hoarse throat deep absorb’d the briny flood. The Odyssey of Homer “It’s an awesome thing, isn’t it, to be living in a world darkened on one side by the servant question and on the other by the appendix, like Scylla and Charybdis?” Jewel Weed In spite of Circe's warning, he puts on armor, takes two spears, and goes on deck, like a Homeric hero, to fight Scylla. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary The Scylla of Popularity lures him on the one hand, while the Charybdis of the Classical charms him on the other. The Book of Humorous Verse Soon after breakfast we were steaming through the beautiful straits, and passing the famous Scylla and Charybdis, the former a low dark cliff topped by an old castle, and with a little town nestling below. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta All night long I drove, And when the sun arose, at Scylla’s rock 500 Once more, and at Charybdis’ gulph arrived. The Odyssey of Homer They struck me as rather wonderful, but liable to induce dreams of Scylla and Charybdis, of the Fata Morgana, and other inconvenient accidents of the deep. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Not the Alternative, then, Scylla or Charybdis, but the combined Scylla and Charybdis is the word of mastery. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary It looked so dreadful when it was first cut that Charles always spent these weeks between Scylla and Charybdis. A Little Girl in Old New York There were plenty of women and girls there, but Martha knew none of them well except the preacher's daughter, Scylla. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas How, next he heard the Sirens in one strain 390 All chiming sweet, and how he reach’d the rocks Erratic, Scylla and Charybdis dire, Which none secure from injury may pass. The Odyssey of Homer There was one rush of nearly a hundred yards, then the fish calmed down and answered to the winch, moving down, nevertheless, much too persistently to Scylla and Charybdis. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler Not thus was Scylla to be met, a monster not of mortal mould, hardly attainable by the senses. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Charybdis and Scylla had also their warning beacon, and Caprera too lifted its light to save ancient vessels from destruction. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands "Oh, I wish I could ride him!" said Scylla. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas But she did her best, steered as delicately as she could between her Scylla and Charybdis, and always gave her girls the benefit of a doubt. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him But the ship passed between Scylla and Charybdis and reached Antioch in safety. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Under all difference of Nature lies the Thought's oneness, which is the true synthesis of every Scylla and Charybdis. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary The Ancients were fond of the metaphor, taken from the vexed Sicilian Seas, of Scylla and Charybdis. The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice Oh, Scylla!" she exclaimed, "you can ride him. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas On the right Scylla keeps guard, on the left unassuaged Charybdis, who thrice swallows the vast flood sheer down her swirling gulf, and ever again hurls it upward, lashing the sky with water. The Aeneid of Virgil The famous rock of Scylla and whirlpool of Charybdis, known to the ancients as two sea-monsters, near the Straits of Messina, next claimed his attention. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Giving due attention to particulars in their places, we must yet give effects in sweeping strokes, steering as best we can between the Scylla of didactic details and the Charybdis of glittering generalities. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 As Odysseus steered the vessel beneath the great rock, Scylla swooped down and seized six of his crew from the deck, and the cries of her wretched victims long rang in his ears. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Suddenly Scylla interrupted her with: "Martha, I believe there's something the matter with Texas—he's trembling all over." Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas But Scylla lies prisoned in her cavern's blind recesses, thrusting forth her mouth and drawing ships upon the rocks. The Aeneid of Virgil For on the one side lay Scylla and on the other mighty Charybdis sucking down the salt sea water. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Providence at length calls you, to become an independent people: one cry resounds from the Alps to the straits of Scylla, the independence of Italy. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I They were quite rickety, and I was between the Scylla of cutting my throat with the razor and the Charybdis of breaking my bones by a fall on the floor. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel She rode up close to Scylla and put her hand on Texas's neck. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas What hath availed me Syrtes or Scylla, what desolate Charybdis? they find shelter in their desired Tiber-bed, careless of ocean and of me. The Aeneid of Virgil Toward her, then, we looked, fearing destruction; but Scylla meanwhile caught from out my hollow ships six of my company. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Had they escaped from Scylla to fall into Charybdis? The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I But in avoiding Scylla they ran the risk of striking upon Charybdis; for the dangerous reefs of Eleuthera were fatal to many vessels. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner "There is something the matter with him, I know," said Scylla. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas The fury of Scylla and the roaring recesses of her crags you have been anigh; the rocks of the Cyclops you have trodden. The Aeneid of Virgil Adam and Eve are there, so are the Pillars of Hercules, Scylla and Charybdis, the Red Sea coloured red, the Nile and the Mountains of the Moon, strange beasts and stranger men. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole War of the Rebellion; or, Scylla and Charybdis. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 Whichever you choose—Scylla or Charybdis—" said Sir Charles in his most dulcet tones, "this is probably the last time you and I will ever speak together. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia She rushed to Scylla's side and hastily unbuckled the straps that held the weak little body in the saddle. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas Yet Helenus' commands counsel that our course keep not the way between Scylla and Charybdis, the very edge of death on either hand. The Aeneid of Virgil It is no benefit to us if in steering away from the Scylla of monopoly, we be wrecked on the Charybdis of wasteful competition. Monopolies and the People It seemed sailing 'twixt Scylla and Charybdis, but it was worth trying. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story They are called the rocks of Scylla, and if a ship gets on them she is dashed to pieces in a quarter less than no time. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days With more strength than she supposed she had, she half lifted, half pulled Scylla out of the saddle and eased her, almost fainting, to the ground. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas Scylla by us her father's rich hair steals, And Scylla's womb mad raging dogs conceals. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) If the reader has been drawn into the whirlpools of the political Charybdis, he might not even in far worthier hands than mine have escaped the rocky headlands of the ecclesiastic Scylla. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 To give no heed to them on the one hand, or to follow them blindly, in spite of every other consideration, on the other; these seem to me the Scylla and Charybdis of our lives. Seen and Unseen Alas! it was avoiding Scylla only to fall into Charybdis. Boycotted And Other Stories Scylla was sobbing on the ground, and Martha stood by her. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas We avoid Scylla, my Captain, only to fall into Charybdis. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess Lady Rusport has a tendresse for Major O’Flaherty; but the major discovers the villainy of the old woman, and escapes from this Scylla. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Glaucus, being passionately fond of Scylla, after vainly endeavoring to gain her affections, applied to Circe, and besought her, by her art, to induce her to return his affection. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) According to Homer, their island lay between Æaea and the rock of Scylla, or near the southwestern coast of Italy; but the Roman poets place them on the Campanian coast. Woman's Work in Music Finally she turned to her companion: "Oh, Scylla," she said, "I'm so glad I got you off his back!" Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas But this is absurd; for we can think of such admittedly imaginary beings as Scylla and Chimaera, and multitudes of others. A Short History of Greek Philosophy Scylla promised to deliver the city into the hands of Minos, and cut off the talismanic lock of her father’s head while he was asleep. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 This whirlpool was situated opposite the rock Scylla, at the entrance of the Faro from Messina, and occasioned the proverb of running into one danger to avoid another. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) You are not pretty to-night, Scylla," he said tauntingly, "though you left us early. The Lion's Brood Martha had forgotten everything but her grief, but soon she remembered that there was a storm coming and that Scylla must be taken home in some way. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas He felt quite sick, and took a solitary ride: but he flew from Scylla to Charybdis. The Young Duke The former was a rock, in which dwelt Scylla, a hideous monster, encompassed with dogs and wolves. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Some affirm that Hercules killed her himself; others, that Scylla committed this robbery, and was killed for it by Hercules. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Scylla and Charybdis are both successfully avoided even by provincial rhetoric. Tancred Or, The New Crusade Then, with great pains and trouble, she pulled and lifted Scylla into the saddle. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas Scylla is the daughter of Phorcys, and beloved by Glaucus, whom therefore the witch Circe by her enchantments turned into a rock, with dogs around her. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Gives an account of the syrens; of Scylla and Charybdis; and of his being cast on the island of Calypso. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 It was no time for brilliant initiative or adventurous politics; the need was to avoid Scylla and Charybdis, and a via media had to be found in church and state, at home and abroad. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" He was on dangerous seas, but he made his way doggedly on, between the Charybdis of reticence and the Scylla of plain-spoken suggestion. Phantom Wires A Novel "Please don't fall, Scylla—hang on to the pommel tight." Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas Scylla, a daughter of Phorcys, was turned by Circe into a sea-monster of a most hideous form, either from jealousy, because she was a greater favourite with Glaucus, or at the request of that deity. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales It appears, therefore, that we must steer between Scylla and Charybdis, or that we are in a first-class educational dilemma. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart Scylla upon the coast of Rhegium was one of these: and appears to have been particularly dreaded by mariners. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) We reached the Bay of Naples in the morning twilight, after making an unsuccessful attempt to locate Scylla and Charybdis. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer Scylla, who had stopped crying, told Martha not to worry, that she would not fall; and the slow journey over the prairie continued silently for a minute or two. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas There was another Scylla, the daughter of Nisus, king of Megara, who conceived a violent passion for Minos when he was besieging her father's capital. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Before leaving Naples, he had made up his mind to attempt the dreaded straits of that name, and dare the dangers of the noted whirlpools of Scylla and Charybdis. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Some suppose Scylla to have been a dangerous rock; and that it was abominated on account of the frequent shipwrecks. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Very easy it would be for me to give you cheap scholarship from the Æneid, about Palinurus and Scylla and Charybdis. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. But now she had helpless Scylla to take care of. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas Scylla and Charybdis are two other sea monsters. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales A sirocco was blowing at the time, setting a heavy tide in the direction of the whirlpool of Scylla, or the Faro, as they call it there. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World But there was a time, when some of her temples were as much dreaded, as those of Scylla, and the Cyclops. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Neither Scylla nor Charybdis bothered me,—as we passed wing-wing between them before a smart north wind. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. But she knew Scylla could not possibly keep her place in the saddle of the horse while he ran, even if she herself should mount him too and try to hold Scylla on. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas Seething sand, or Scylla the snare, or lonely Charybdis? The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Between the Scylla of over-elation and the Charybdis of despair you have a long time steered the bark of the School House. The Loom of Youth Scylla was a personage of this sort: and among the fragments of Callimachus we have a short, but a most perfect, description of her character. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) If we get over this difficulty, by attributing to this medium a degree of tenuity almost spiritual, we shall run upon Scylla while endeavoring to shun Charybdis. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Come, Scylla," she said, "slide off into my arms. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas I was talking the other day to Alfred Coppard, who has steered more successfully than most English story writers away from the Scylla and Charybdis of the modern artist. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story For Scylla and Charybdis, see note on Book III stanza lv. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Scylla then, under which character we are here to understand the chief priestess of the place, was no other than a handsome island strumpet. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) In pursuance of this design, the king established himself, with 22,000 men, in and around the town of Scylla. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Without a word Scylla did as she was told, and in a few seconds was half kneeling, half lying on the ground. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas There is little choice between Scylla and Charybdis. The Spinster Book Scylla dwelt in a cave on the Italian side, Charybdis on the Sicilian. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor The promontory of Scylla was within his sight. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Without going to the American extreme of fifty or a hundred dishes to choose from, some intermediate point short of the Scylla of sole and the Charybdis of ham and eggs might surely be found. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin She stepped directly in front of Scylla's prostrate form and raised the skirts. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas His navigating skill must guide him through the perils of Scylla and Charybdis and the stout heart of manhood must bear him past Mount Ætna’s fiery menace. The Vitalized School Have sea and sky been wielded to destroy, Nor Syrtes yet, nor Scylla's fierce embrace, Nor vast Charybdis whelmed the sons of Troy, Who, safe in Tiber, flout me to the face? The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor We may from these data decipher the history of Scylla, as given by Tzetzes. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) And so, like a helmsman too quick with his tiller, Eschewing Charybdis they steer upon Scylla, To perish of utter intemperance—Yes! My Life as an Author Scylla was standing on her feet, for the first time in many years. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas The channel remains to-day just as it ever did, with Scylla and Charybdis presiding over their rocks as of old. Andrew Marvell Where Scylla here, and there Charybdis lies, And death lurks double. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor In deciding which of these courses to pursue, the translator stands between Scylla and Charybdis. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 It was running through his mind already that if he should be freed of the murder charge, he would only have escaped Scylla to go to wreck on Charybdis. The Big-Town Round-Up Oh, Martha," Scylla answered, "I thought every second that we'd be killed, but there you stood as brave as a lion, and waved those dresses right in the faces of the cattle. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas Song of the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis and the Oxen of the Sun. Lists of Stories and Programs for Story Hours Ye know mad Scylla, and her monsters' yell, And the dark caverns where the Cyclops dwell. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor In the middle of it there is a cave, and that cave is the den of a monster named Scylla. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy On the other hand, Dr. Wallis, Professor of Geometry, and the famous Dr. South, published treatises against Dr. Sherlock, which, while avoiding the Scylla of Tritheism, ran dangerously near to the Charybdis of Sabellianism. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century After Scylla's new-found strength had been rejoiced over for a moment, they began to wonder how they could get home. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas Thus when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother. Familiar Quotations And such a refuge as is Scylla when one is threatened of Charybdis. The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 I told them nothing of the monster Scylla, lest the fear of her should break their hearts. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy And when Scylla stooped to seize her, they struck back her ravening heads, and foul Scylla whined, as a whelp whines, at the touch of their gentle hands. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People They knew that they could not walk—Martha was terribly tired, and Scylla, even if she could stand up, was not equal to the long tramp back to the ranch, of course. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas For it is rightly compared to Scylla and Charybdis; I mean that by its grave and unmitigated dangerousness, evil is there the lot of sailors. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints We had escaped the engulfing suck of Charybdis, only to be darted upon by those six grim mouths of her sister monster, Scylla, over the way. The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 Sitting on the boards I rowed with my hands and passed the rock of Scylla without the monster seeing me.' The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy The man who was ingenious enough to act a double part, who could steer clear of Charybdis and Scylla, alone evaded trouble. In the Shadow of Death Scylla called out as well as she could, but the horseman rode on. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas Sailing thus under the colors of scriptural doctrine, we steer clear of the Scylla of Calvinism on the one hand, and also escape the Charybdis of Arminianism on the other. The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church He took for minister of finance, W. S. Fielding, who justified his choice by successfully steering the budget bark between Scylla and Charybdis for fourteen years in succession before the whirlpool finally sucked him down. Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics Thou couldst send an arrow across to it from Scylla's den. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy But do not fancy that in avoiding Scylla I must run upon Charybdis. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times Before they went to sleep, the thrilling story of Martha's bravery had been fully told, and to it had been added the news of Scylla's strange recovery. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas Better take a long circuit round Sicily than come even within sight and sound of Scylla. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Turner gave the hackneyed composition a strange power and freshness, in his Glaucus and Scylla. Selections From the Works of John Ruskin Keep nearer to Scylla's than to Charybdis's rock. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Yet, undeterred by dangers that eclipse Scylla and Charybdis, the laborious Chinese have for centuries past carried on an immense traffic through this perilous passage. The Awakening of China Gitter, the calf, was put through all his tricks, the cat was placed in Scylla's poor little arms, where he purred contentedly, and the dog chased sticks thrown by whoever could find any to throw. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas Think of the perils through which we have passed, remember the dreadful Cyclôpes and cruel Scylla. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Wherefore, if thou wilt, call me lioness, and Scylla who dwelt in the Tuscan plain. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. If thou shouldst win past the deadly rocks guarded by Scylla and Charybdis thou wilt come to the Island of Thrinacia. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Beyond this tree were many huge and misshapen monsters,—Centaurs, and double-formed Scyllas, and the great dragon of the Lernæan lake, which, when it plagued the upper earth, was slain by Hercules. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) After this mysterious conversation had lasted a little while, Martha danced back to Scylla, so happy that she "just had to hop." Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas On your left, you will hear in the Strait the thundering roar of Charybdis, and on the right grim Scylla sits scowling in her cave ready to spring on the unwary traveler. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) We must be on guard, saying, like the little daughter of a classical professor, “If Scylla doesn’t get me Charybdis will.” Everyday Foods in War Time But as we drove by, the monster Scylla seized six of my company—the hardiest of the men who were with me. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy The Chimera, under Gyas’s skillful guidance, took the lead; next followed the Scylla, whose rowers were more efficient, but were unable to make such progress, because the vessel was naturally slower. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) Not daring describe to his companions the threatened horrors of Charybdis and Scylla, Ulysses bade his steersman avoid the whirlpool, and, fully armed, prepared to brave the monster Scylla. The Book of the Epic But Æneas had a far more dangerous enemy than Scylla and Charybdis, for Juno's wrath was not yet appeased. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) An ill wind comes, and the vessel is swept to disaster; on the shoals or rocks, rushing to destruction against some Scylla or swallowed up by some Charybdis. The Jericho Road On one side was Scylla and on the other Charybdis. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy And now Cloanthus in the Scylla, taking the very course Gyas had wished to follow, ran boldly between the Chimera and the rock, and so got round the goal in front of his antagonist. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) Clinging to the mast of his wrecked ship, he drifted between Charybdis and Scylla, escaping from the whirlpool only by clinging to the branches at an overhanging fig-tree. The Book of the Epic The mission of the Scylla was entirely pacific, and her officer informed us there had been war between Prussia and Austria, but at last accounts all Europe was at peace. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life But if thou takest the other way thou wilt come to another strait, guarded day and night by two sleepless sentinels, Scylla and Charybdis. Stories from the Odyssey Having eaten their supper they fell to weeping for they thought upon their comrades that Scylla had devoured. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy But Scylla I did not name,—that hopeless horror,—for fear through fright my men might cease to row, and huddle all together in the hold. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) He also cautioned Aeneas about the hidden dangers of Charybdis and Scylla, and bade him visit the Cumaean Sibyl, so as to induce her, if possible, to lend him her aid. The Book of the Epic The ship proved to be the British Corvette Scylla, just ready to sail for Japan. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Rather steer thy galley past Scylla's cave, for it is better to lose six of thy men than to lose them all. Stories from the Odyssey It rushed towards the terrible rocks of Scylla and Charybdis. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy So up the strait we sailed in sadness; for here lay Scylla, and there divine Charybdis fearfully sucked the salt sea-water down. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) After passing Charybdis and Scylla unharmed, and after gazing in awe at the plume of smoke crowning Mt. The Book of the Epic And now we approach a point from which the lofty Calabrian coast opposite, and the flinty wall of the formidable Scylla, first present themselves, but still as distant objects. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 They had not long lost sight of the Sirens' Rocks when they heard the booming of breakers, which warned them that the fearful strait between Scylla and Charybdis was close at hand. Stories from the Odyssey She must sail through a tortuous channel with Scylla on the one side and Charybdis on the other, and to avoid either danger too anxiously may mean risking shipwreck on the other side. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society There was once a real or imaginary old lady who had got the metaphor of Scylla and Charybdis a little confused. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays "Prince, of that company which is hypocritical and deceitful as sin, dazzling and alluring as a poisonous flower, dangerous and deadly as Scylla and Charybdis, of the company of the Media Nocte." The Youth of the Great Elector Two female artistes who revelled in their precocious emancipation; two divinities worshipped in the temple of the grand sculptors of modern Athens; the Scylla and Charybdis of Paris. The Cross of Berny So on they sped, steering close to the tall cliff under which Scylla lay hid, and gazing fearfully at the boiling whirlpool on the other side. Stories from the Odyssey There were only two points at which he could extend his line, and if at one he found a "Scylla," he was equally sure to find a "Charybdis" at the other. History of Kershaw's Brigade Thence he went to visit Colonel and Mrs. Yule at Palermo, deeply interested in Scylla and Charybdis, Etna and the metopes of Selinus. The Life of John Ruskin She neither falls into the Scylla of affectation nor the Charybdis of off-handness. Penny Plain He walked silently to the dreaded thirteenth tee, which, with the returning fourteenth, forms the malignant Scylla and Charybdis of the course. Murder in Any Degree Odysseus alone escaped with his life from that tremendous stroke, and clinging to a spar floated all day, until he came in sight of the strait between Scylla and Charybdis. Stories from the Odyssey The coins of the Lucanian Heracleia give a fair representation of the helmed Athena, as imagined in later Greek art, with the embossed Scylla. The Queen of the Air Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm There is a Charybdis in poverty, and a Scylla in riches. The Man Who Laughs Old Scylla had the pleasure of discovering it while hunting for some wood to burn. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 But if he escape Scylla in this particular, he is certain to drive upon Charybdis in another. Thirty Years in the Itinerancy Messina, Strait of, 24 m. long, and at its narrowest 2½ broad; separates Sicily from the Italian mainland; here were the Scylla and Charybdis of the ancients. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Shunning Scylla, I shall perforce fall into Charybdis. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 He was concerned, with many others, in the translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, of which the following were performed by him: The Story of Nisus and Scylla, from the sixth Book. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. It was from Scylla to Charybdis, for I was led to one of the sitting-out places. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel Reaction and excess are the Scylla and Charybdis of its perils. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 He neither dreads the contact of the baker—the Scylla of the metropolitan peripatetic, nor yet shuns the dire collision of the chimney-sweep—his Charybdis. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 By these means, two thousand persons lost their lives on Scylla alone, who were either congregated on the sands, or had escaped in boats, from the dangers of the dry land. The Book of Enterprise and Adventure Being an Excitement to Reading. for Young People. a New and Condensed Edition. Cleodamus, one of the engineers employed by the emperor's orders to fortify the maritime cities against the Goths, had already begun to repair the ancient walls, fallen to decay since the time of Scylla. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 For there was a time, before Circe in anger molded this hideous creature, that Scylla was a maiden fair. The Tarn of Eternity So that, as Plato says of himself, the third time he set sail for the Strait of Scylla, "Venturing again Charybdis's dangerous gulf." Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans In avoiding Scylla we must not forget Charybdis. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 The compiler of an Anthology made the following remarks in his preface: ``In making a selection of this kind one sails between Scylla and Charybdis—the hackneyed and the strange. Literary Blunders These clamors with disdain the Scylla heard, Much grudg'd the praise, but more the robb'd reward: Resolv'd to hold their own, they mend their pace, All obstinate to die, or gain the race. The Aeneid English They imagined that the huge, misshapen, and dreadful monsters Scylla and Charybdis lurked in the Straits of Messina waiting to seize and swallow the unlucky passer-by. Introductory American History To the saturnine, New York of its spangled nights is like a Scylla of a thousand heads, each head a menace. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Ah cease, rash youth! desist ere't is too late, Fear the just gods, and think of Scylla's fate! The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems A leader-writer in a morning paper a few months ago made the same blunder when he wrote: ``As a matter of fact, Mr. Gladstone was bound to bump against either Scylla or Charybdis.'' Literary Blunders Betwixt the mark and him the Scylla stood, And in a closer compass plow'd the flood. The Aeneid English What a fatality, that you have no better an option—either a Scylla or a Charybdis. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 Nay, you may have heard Scylla, and seen Charybdis; you may have entered the closet where Archimedes was found at the taking of Syracuse. Joseph Andrews, Volume 2 Ah cease, rash youth! desist ere't is too late, Fear the just Gods, and think of Scylla's Fate! The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems It has generally been supposed that Scylla only was a rock. Literary Blunders Unvanquish'd Scylla now alone remains; Her he pursues, and all his vigor strains. The Aeneid English Sometimes a huge shark would bite the fish in two, so that the poor finny creature was between Scylla and Charybdis. Life in Mexico To avoid one party lest he should run on Scylla, he excited and provoked the jealousy and neglect of the other, who might have wrecked him on Charybdis. The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 Scylla fell in love with one of his enemies and pulled out the hair while Nisus slept. The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems Delmé felt glad of this change; for Scylla and Charybdis to an Englishman, are as familiar as Whittington and his cat. A Love Story What have my Scyllas and my Syrtes done, When these they overpass, and those they shun? The Aeneid English We fondly expected to pass the Messina Straits by daylight, and to cast another glance upon old Etna, Scylla and Charybdis, the Liparis and Stromboli. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I But I shall lay my hand to the work which I have determined, and pass by, with stopped ears, the hounds of Scylla. The Hermits Indeed his position was both awkward and dangerous: on the one hand was Scylla in the shape of the English Government, and on the other the stormy and uncertain Charybdis of his clamouring regiments. Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal The double snake— Or Scylla, where she dwells, the seaman's bane, Girt round about with rocks? some hag of hell, Raving a truceless curse upon her kin? The House of Atreus With me, the rocks of Scylla you have tried; Th' inhuman Cyclops and his den defied. The Aeneid English After fourteen years of misery, Sicily sang her angry vespers, and a Calabrian admiral burnt the fleet of Charles before his eyes, where Scylla rules her barking Salamis. Val d'Arno Particularly has the soup-spoon its Scylla and Charybdis, and if a careless eater make a hissing sound as he eats his soup, the well-bred diner-out looks round with dismay. Manners and Social Usages We are falling out of Scylla into Charybdis. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 You would have thought, by the confusion it caused in the river and the whirlpools it made, that Scylla and Charybdis, and their whole progeny, had left the Mediterranean and come and settled here. Wanderings in South America But Scylla from her den, with open jaws, The sinking vessel in her eddy draws, Then dashes on the rocks. The Aeneid English Scylla carried off six of his men who called in vain to Odysseus to save them, stretching out their hands to him in their last agony. Authors of Greece We therefore escaped without adding our bones to those on the isle of the Sirens, and came next to Scylla and Charybdis. National Epics Therefore, his best safety was in flight, and to invoke none of the gods but Gratis, who is Scylla's mother, and might perhaps forbid her daughter to devour them. The Adventures of Ulysses Better no chart whatever than one which shows no actually existing perils, but warns us against Scylla, Charybdis, and the Cyclops. Pages from a Journal with Other Papers We may have civil wars again, like those of Marius and Scylla, and Anthony and Brutus. Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion They then entered the dangerous strait, on one side of which was Scylla, a dreadful monster who lived in a cave near by, on the other was the deadly whirlpool of Charybdis. Authors of Greece The sailor who steers too far away in his anxiety to escape it, is seized by the six arms of the monster Scylla and lifted to her cavern to be devoured. National Epics He sailed between Scylla and Charybdis safely, though he lost some of his men in the terrible passage. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Scylla, the daughter of Nisus, however, was driven by Juno to fall in love with Minos, her father's enemy; and, to win his love, she yields to the temptation of betraying her father to Minos. Vergil A Biography He fears not Scylla, and sails close by Charybdis, and having beaten out a storm, rides at rest in a harbour. Character Writings of the 17th Century But we, like you, follow the cadence, finding ourselves between Scylla and Charybdis: either you reject us or the government rejects us. The Reign of Greed Instructed by Helenus, we avoided Scylla and Charybdis, and reached Sicily, where my father died. National Epics There were thousands of shameless Harpies, of pallid Gorgons, of barking Scyllas, of Chimeras that vomited ashes, and of monsters never before heard or thought of, with perverse aspects all mixed up in one. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 Thus, it was a veritable Scylla and Charybdis. Travels in Morocco, Volume 1. Scylla must have broken off many excellent matches in her time, if she insisted upon all, that loved her, loving her dogs also. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia The song of the Sirens.—Scylla and Charybdis.—The oxen of the Sun.—The judgment.—The crew killed by lightning. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children As Washington said: "The whole world was in an uproar," and he added that the task "was to steer safely between Scylla and Charybdis." The Constitution of the United States A Brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution Nor do I care to speak of Achilles, or of Scylla, of Ariadne or Leander, of Dido, or of many others, of whom the same tale could be told, were there need to tell it. La Fiammetta One is naturally diffident at first; for if one musters courage to commence a conversation with propriety, the problem is how to escape a Scylla in the second and a Charybdis in the third sentence. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 Besides these there were Scylla and Charybdis, sea-monsters that made perilous the passage of the Sicilian Straits, the Centaurs, the Cyclops, Cerberus, the watch-dog of Hades, and a thousand others. General History for Colleges and High Schools Therefore, his best safety was in flight, and to invoke none of the gods but Cratis, who is Scylla's mother, and might perhaps forbid her daughter to devour them. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children Now to most men this would only have been a choice of evils, a progress from Scylla to Charybdis: not so to our Colonel. Umbrellas and Their History Then in Megara we have Nisus, his daughter Scylla, and his purple lock; the invasion of Minos, and his ingratitude towards his benefactress. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 See, therefore, that thou guide thy ship near to Scylla rather than to the other, for it is better 'for thee to lose six men out of thy ship than all thy company together.' The Story of the Odyssey This is the Scylla’s cave which men of science are preparing for themselves to be able to pounce out upon us from it, and into which we cannot penetrate. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler Having escaped the Scylla of the dancing women, Charybdis waited for him in the shape of eyes that were pools of hot mystery. King of the Khyber Rifles As the Scylla was approaching the rock on the home run, the Pristis, which had been pressing close behind, shot alongside, and was almost beak to beak with its competitor. Story of Aeneas |
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