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- DictionaryCharybdis/kəˈrɪbdɪs/
- 1. a dangerous whirlpool in a narrow channel of the sea, opposite the cave of the sea monster Scylla.
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Charybdis ( ;,) is a sea monster in Greek mythology. Charybdis, along with the sea monster Scylla, appears as a challenge to epic characters such as Odysseus, Jason, and Aeneas. Scholarship locates her in the Strait of Messina. The idiom "between Scylla and Charybdis" has come to mean being forced to choose between two similarly dangerous situations. Wikipedia