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[[Image:Charybdis.jpg|frame|The monstrous whirlpool of Charybdis]] | [[Image:Charybdis.jpg|frame|The monstrous whirlpool of Charybdis]] | ||
Charybdis was once a nymph-daughter of Poseidon and Gaia who flooded lands for her father's underwater kingdom until Zeus turned her into a monster and have her suck in and out water three times a day. She lived in a cave at one side of the Strait of Messina, opposite the monster Scylla, the two of them forming a dangerous threat to passing ships. | Charybdis was once a nymph-daughter of [[Poseidon|Poseidon]] and [[Gaia|Gaia]] who flooded lands for her father's underwater kingdom until [[Zeus|Zeus]] turned her into a monster and have her suck in and out water three times a day. She lived in a cave at one side of the [[Strait of Messina|Strait of Messina]], opposite the monster [[Scylla|Scylla]], the two of them forming a dangerous threat to passing ships. | ||
Revision as of 15:56, 27 May 2006
The monstrous whirlpool of Charybdis
Charybdis was once a nymph-daughter of Poseidon and Gaia who flooded lands for her father's underwater kingdom until Zeus turned her into a monster and have her suck in and out water three times a day. She lived in a cave at one side of the Strait of Messina, opposite the monster Scylla, the two of them forming a dangerous threat to passing ships.