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348 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 1 book 3, commline 420
   The Scylla of the Odyssey however is a six-headed and twelve-footed monster; the Scylla of Virg. is modelled on the later legend, already glanced at foll., which represented her as a maiden whose lower parts had been transformed by magic. (24.83)

2. Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon alphabetic letter *p, entry plagkto/s
   rocks near Scylla and Charybdis, qq., ; later identified with the (23.75)

3. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter A
   ) When afterwards Poseidon shewed some attachment to Scylla, Amphitrite's jealousy was excited to such a degree, that she threw some magic herbs into the well in which Scylla used to bathe, and thereby changed her rival into a monster with six heads and twelve feet. (19.15)

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4 from Renaissance Materials

1. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Thus
   thus when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother, . (8.86)

2. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Charybdis
   Charybdis, the vortex in the straits of Sicilia: when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into C., your mother, . (6.49)

3. William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (eds. W. Aldis Wright, W. G. Clark) act 3, scene 5, line 10
   Laun. Truly then I fear you are damned
   both by father
   and mother: thus when I shun
   Scylla, your father, I
   fall in Charybdis, your
   mother: well, you are gone both
   ways. (4.75)

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4 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter J, entry 16513
   major-general; adjutant of royal engineers at Gibraltar, 1798-1802; employed on construction of Chelmsford lines of defence, 1804; present at battle of Maida, 1806, and directed attack on Scylla Castle, which he afterwards refortified; aide-de-camp to General Leith with Spanish army, 1808; chief of engineers' staff in Walcheren expedition, 1809; completed the works at Torres Vedras, 1810; brevet lieutenant-colonel, 1812; disabled at Burgos, 1812; while invalided published a ‘Journal’ of the sieges in Spain, severely criticising their conduct; named C.B. after serving on commission to report upon defences of Netherlands, 1815, being sole inspector, 1816, while holding a command at Woolwich; colonel and aide-de-camp to George IV, 1825; created baronet, 1831, for services in the Netherlands; major-general, 1837; K.C.B., 1838; drew up plans for defence of United Kingdom and of Gibraltar, 1840; his statue erected by engineers in St. Paul's Cathedral, London; published works of contemporary military history; his reports on Netherland fortresses privately circulated among engineers. [xxx. (4.51)

2. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter T, entry 30234
   general; brother of George Thackeray [q. v.] and cousin of William Makepeace Thackeray [q. v.]; served as lieutenant, R.E., at Gibraltar and in the East Indies, and at the capture of Surinam, 1799, and Swedish, Dutch, and Danish islands, 1801, by Trigge; commanded engineers at successful attack on Castle of Scylla, 1809; mentioned in despatches for services in taking of Santa Maura, Ionian islands, and promoted major, 1810; took part with the Anglo-Sicilian army in Peninsular campaign; present at battle of Castalla, and at investment of Tarragona, 1813; colonel, R.E., 1825; C.B., 1831; general, 1854. [lvi. (4.40)

3. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter O, entry 23190
   general; grandson of James Oswald [q. v.]; took part in capture of French West Indies, 1794; commanded 35th regiment in Holland, 1799, and at reduction of Malta, 1800; commanded brigade at Maida, 1806; captured Scylla Castle, 1806; led attack on Alexandria and defended Rosetta, 1807; commanded reserve in capture of Ischia and Procida, 1809; directed capture of Ionian islands, 1809; drove French from Santa Maura, 1810; held temporary command of the 5th division in the Peninsula, 1812-13; G.C.B., 1824; general, 1837; G.C.M.G., 1838. [xlii. (4.40)

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5 from American Memory: California

1. Bound for Sacramento; travel-pictures of a returned wanderer, translated from the German by Ruth Frey Axe, introduction by Henry R. Wagner page 48
   A strong puff of wind, a squall, followed some lightning and under "double reefed topsails" we left Scylla to go to Charybdis. (3.48)

2. A Frenchman in the gold rush; the journal of Ernest de Massey, Argonaut of 1849, translated by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur page 49
   SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS
   SAVAGES, MINES, AND MISERY. (3.30)

3. Narrative of Edward McGowan, including a full account of the author's adventures and perils while persecuted by the San Francisco vigilance committee of 1856 page 5
   Most of the problems arising during the reprinting, where apparent inaccuracies were met, were solved on the instant, without looking forward for parallel instances, fearful that a Scylla avoided on one page might be succeeded by a Charybdis on another, the line-for-line limitation precluding the correction of many of such typographical errors. (3.14)

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5 from American Memory: Upper Midwest

1. Trouting on the Brule River page 90
   This is the Scylla and Charybdis ordeal of the river, on account of its danger and length. (3.22)

2. Fifty memorable years at St. Olaf; marking the history of the “College on the Hill” from its founding in 1874 to its golden jubilee celebration in 1925 page 38
   The discussion of the question at issue was exceedingly difficult, the advocate being in danger of being dashed either against the Calvinistic Scylla or engulfed by the synergistic Charybdis. (3.06)

3. Trails of a paintbrush, by Nicholas R. Brewer page 305
   In my method of work I have tried to shun Charybdis and avoid the danger of Scylla, thereby keeping in the safe road between extremes. (2.62)

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3 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. Joseph Pearson Farley, Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson, a retrospect of peace and war, by Joseph Pearson Farley page 273
   The Intermontium is enclosed on three sides by the palaces of the conservators and the senators and the Capitoline Museum; the senators' palace stands on an ancient foundation of peperino stone, supposed to be the tabularium built by Scylla. (5.41)

2. Peter Force, Tracts and other papers relating principally to the origin, settlement, and progress of the colonies in North America from the discovery of the country to the year 1776. Collected by Peter Force. Vol. 3 page 10
   For the Ilands of the Barmudas, as
   euery euery man knoweth that hath heard or read of them, were neuer inhabited by any Christian or Heathen people, but euer esteemed, and reputed, a most prodigious and inchanted place, affoording nothing but gusts, stormes, and foule weather; which made euery Nauigator and Mariner to auoide them, as Scylla and Charibdis; or as they would shun the Diuell himselfe; and no man was euer heard to make for the place, but as against their willes, they have by stormes and dangerousnesse of the rockes, lying seuen leagues into the Sea, suffered shipwracke; yet did we finde there the ayre so temperat, and the Country so abundantly fruitfull of all fit necessaries for the sustentation and preseruation of mans life, that most in a manner of all our prouisions of bread, beere, and victuall, being quite spoyled, in lying long drowned in salt water; notwithstanding, wee were there for the space of nine moneths (few dayes ouer) not onely well refreshed, comforted, and with good satietie contented, but out of the abundance thereof, prouided vs some reasonable quantitie and proportion of prouision, to carry vs for Virginia, and to maintaine our selues, and that companie wee found there, to the great releefe of them, as it fell out in their so great extremities, and in respect of the shortnes of time, vntill it pleased God, that by my Lord de la Wars comming thither, their store was better supplied. (3.48)

3. John Edward Massey, Autobiography of John E. Massey page 24
   I found that I was between the upper and nether millstones; that I had to steer my course between Paedobaptists on one side and Old-school-Baptists on the other, as carefully as if I were sailing between Scylla and Charybdis. (2.83)

4 from Beazley Archive

1. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 351908
   BD - SCYLLA (? (9.09)

2. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 310314
   A - AJAX AND KASSANDRA, NAKED, ATHENA, WARRIOR, WOMAN (POLYXENE), YOUTH (ALL NAMED, SKAMANODOPHILOS, GLAUCHS, ANOILOCHOS), DEVICE, MONSTER, (SCYLLA? (7.99)

3. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 10841
   SCYLLA, WOMAN ON DOLPHIN, WOMAN ON HIPPOCAMP, FISH (6.66)

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