When working on a project of two or more conflicting elements and your hands are full so you can't do anything reffering to the greek story of the Oddesy.
He plugged the sirens ears and avoided the Charybdis
Scylla only ate up six men at a time; Charybdis would wreck the ship by whirlpool.
Scylla was the six headed monster, who took a man for each of her heads.vCharybdis was the whirlpool right next to Scylla's cave.
Scylla is known for eating 6 people at one time and having razor sharp teeth. Charybdis is known for making huge whirl pools by spitting water out at the straight of Messina.
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"Between Scylla and Charybdis" is the ancient equivalent of "between a rock and a hard place."
scylla and charybdis
in the part where Odyseus is sailing in between them
that you might either be sucked into charybdis' mouth or grabbed by scylla and getting eaten alive. unless you somehow magically manage to survive....
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This is basically the Ancient Greek equivalent of being between a rock and a hard place. Charybdis was a large whirlpool, and Scylla was a many-headed monster who snatched sailors off of ships and ate them.
Scylla and Charybdis are both Greek monsters. They both killed travelers. Scylla ate travelers and Charybdis drowned them by making whirlpools.
Charybdis was a sea monster in Greek mythology that was in the form of a whirlpool. She was paired with Scylla, another sea-monster that sailors didn't want to encounter. "Between Scylla and Charybdis" means having to choose between two dangers, either of which brings harm.
To pass between Scylla and Charybdis in modern language means to navigate a difficult situation where you are faced with two equally challenging or dangerous options. It refers to being caught between a rock and a hard place, or dealing with a dilemma with no easy solution.
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David Hugo has written: 'Between Scylla and Charybdis'
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.