“Wailing in fear,” the crew of Odysseus’ boat row toward two “enormous crags.” To starboard was the cave of Scylla, a “terrible, savage, wild” creature with 12 legs, six “long swaying necks, a hideous head on each … barbed with a triple row of fangs.” To port was “awesome Charybdis,” a treacherous whirlpool. As the panicked sailors stare at the churning water, six of their number are snatched by the monster and swallowed up.
“Wailing in fear,” the crew of Odysseus’ boat row toward two “enormous crags.” To starboard was the cave of Scylla, a “terrible, savage, wild” creature with 12 legs, six “long swaying necks, a hideous head on each … barbed with a triple row of fangs.” To port was “awesome Charybdis,” a treacherous whirlpool. As the panicked sailors stare at the churning water, six of their number are snatched by the monster and swallowed up.
