Scyllan.
/ˈsɪlə/ A rock upon the Italian side of the Straits of Messina facing Charybdis n. (see for the proverbial use); also personified as a dangerous sea monster.
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?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes sig. tiiiv Scilla is a monster in the see betwene Italye & Sicill, it is great ennemye vnto man.
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 95 Seas..Which me haue tossed sore: From Scilla to Caribdis cliues.
c1580 W. Spelman Dialoge (1896) 3 I ffell from Silla into Caribdes, from euyll to woors.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. v. 14 When I shun Scilla your father, I fall into Caribdis your mother.
c1620 T. Robinson Mary Magdalene (1899) i. lxxii. 607 Or as ye iawes of Scyllas barkinge hounds, That aye for greedinesse of booties raue.
1651 Reg. Comm. Gen. Assembly (1909) 244 Our former Warnings..hes stiered a steadie course betwixt the Shylla of Malignants and Charibdis of Sectaries.
1703 J. Kelsey Serm. 290 The Scylla's and Charibdis's which have swallowed up many Mortals.
1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons iii Alas, the poor father in avoiding Charybdis had run against Scylla.
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