英语词汇between scylla and charybdis的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

between Scylla and Charybdis. The Odyssey vividly de- scribes Odysseus’s passage between Scylla and Charybdis. In Greek mythology Scylla (Skulla) was a beautiful maiden loved by Poseidon, the lord of the sea. But her rival, Amphitrite, fed Scylla magic herbs that transformed her into a monster with 12 dangling feet, six long necks with a head on each, and three rows of teeth. She dwelt in a high cave overlooking the sea (situated, according to tradition, in the Strait of Messina) and from every ship that passed by, each of her terrible mouths reached down and devoured a sailor. On the other side of the narrow channel, beneath an immense wild fig tree, lay a dangerous whirlpool called Charybdis (Charubdis) that sucked in and regorged the sea three times a day. It was Odys- seus’s fate to sail between Scylla and Charybdis, as it is still the fate of anyone steering a mid-course between equally dangerous perils. Odysseus had mixed luck: he lost his crew and ship, but saved his own life by clinging to the fig tree above Charybdis.

词汇	between scylla and charybdis
词源	between Scylla and Charybdis. The Odyssey vividly de- scribes Odysseus’s passage between Scylla and Charybdis. In Greek mythology Scylla (Skulla) was a beautiful maiden loved by Poseidon, the lord of the sea. But her rival, Amphitrite, fed Scylla magic herbs that transformed her into a monster with 12 dangling feet, six long necks with a head on each, and three rows of teeth. She dwelt in a high cave overlooking the sea (situated, according to tradition, in the Strait of Messina) and from every ship that passed by, each of her terrible mouths reached down and devoured a sailor. On the other side of the narrow channel, beneath an immense wild fig tree, lay a dangerous whirlpool called Charybdis (Charubdis) that sucked in and regorged the sea three times a day. It was Odys- seus’s fate to sail between Scylla and Charybdis, as it is still the fate of anyone steering a mid-course between equally dangerous perils. Odysseus had mixed luck: he lost his crew and ship, but saved his own life by clinging to the fig tree above Charybdis.
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