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Scylla snatched 6 of Odysseus' best men as they passed, one for each of Scylla's six heads.
Odysseus' crew lost six men when passing Scylla, one man for each head of Scylla.
Each of Scylla's 6 serpent-like heads grabs one of Odysseus men, eating them whole.
6 men were eaten/killed by Scylla.
According to Homer's Odyssey, six of Odysseus' men were eaten alive by Scylla.
Charybdis is a giant whirlpool and Scylla a monster that feeds on men; it is the question of certain doom versus losing only a few of his crew.
Odysseus did not want to agitate his men and he didn't want them to go belowdeck for fear that Scylla might destroy them all. So, he didn't warn them.
Scylla is a less serious threat because she has six heads, so she can only kill six people at a time. Whereas Charybdis is basically a massive whirl pool able to kill countless people at the same time. In the time is takes Scylla to kill six men, Charybdis can, and will, kill thirty men in three ships.
6 men are lost
Scylla eats each of the six men in a different head; Scylla is six-headed.