scylla and charybdis
scylla and charybdus
Odysseus was forced to choose which monster to confront while passing through the strait of Messina. Scylla was a six-headed sea monster on the Italian side of the strait and Charybdis was a whirlpool off the coast of Sicily. They were close enough that avoiding Charybdis meant passing too close to Scylla and vice versa. Odysseus opted to pass by Scylla and lose only a few sailors, rather than risk the loss of his entire ship.
That he was attacked by a giant whale and it farted on him
Odysseus won the contest between the two for Achilles' godlike armor.
A rhyming phrase for two dangers would be double trouble.
The synonym for dangers is threats. Also, two dose not have a synonym.
Halitherses explained the omen of the two eagles fighting in the sky. He interpreted this as a representation of the struggle between Odysseus and the suitors in his house, with Odysseus ultimately emerging victorious.
Circe tells Odysseus he must travel to Hades to get the advice of the blind Theban prophet Teiresias. She tells Odysseus how to sail to Hades, and gives him and his crew a fair wind to sail him swiftly there. When Odysseus returns, Circe tells him to follow one of two alternative paths leading back to Greece: toward the "Wandering Rocks" where King Aeolus (god of the winds) reigned or passing in between the Scylla monster and a giant whirlpool. Block his ears with wax so he couldn't hear them.
A turbo sail is a type of sail invented by Jacques-Yves Cousteau that uses a fixed cylinder with vents in them. It uses the pressure difference between two side of the cylinders. Here is a wikipedia link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosail
Both Circe and Calypso had trysts with Odysseus.
It can take 18 to 35 days to sail from Sydney, Australia to Perth, Australia. The distance between the two cities is about 3,935 km.
Double trouble is a hink-pink or rhyming word pair for the riddle "two dangers."