Transcript Scylla and Charybdis - Lake

By: Emily Leskowsky, Marissa Moosic, and Taryn
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Scylla and Charybdis were two sea
monsters that lived at the opposite
ends of the Strait of Messina, located
between Italy and Sicily.
Scylla was a sea nymph. A nymph is a
minor goddess of nature, usually
represented as young and beautiful.
She was beloved by Poseidon, god of
the sea.
Poseidon's jealous wife, Amphitrite,
poisoned Scylla’s bath water. This
turned Scylla into a six-headed monster
with three rows of razor-sharp teeth in
each head. When ships passed close
by her, she struck out to grab and eat
unsuspecting sailors.
Charybdis was also a sea nymph, and
was Poseidon’s daughter. Zeus
transformed her into a dangerous
whirlpool, directly across the strait from
Scylla. Ships sailing the strait were
almost certain to be destroyed by
either Scylla or Charybdis.
Scylla and Charbydis were sea monsters
who attacked sailors. Some sailors
didn’t know that these monsters
existed, while others knew of their
existence and thought that they could
get by the monsters without any harm
coming to them. Unfortunately, it was
near impossible to get past the
monsters.
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