"Between Scylla and Charybdis" is the ancient equivalent of
"between a rock and a hard place."
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Scylla and Charybdis are both Greek monsters. They both killed
travelers. Scylla ate travelers and Charybdis drowned them by
making whirlpools.
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their neighbors
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He chooses Scylla over charybdis because if they go to charybdis
they would all die, but if they go to Scylla only six would die
because Scylla has six heads and six mouths to eat with.