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 | | In the midst of the one of these rocks which was nearest to Italy, there dwelt, according to Homer, Skylla, a daughter of Crataeis, a fearful monster, barking like a dog, with twelve feet, six long necks and mouths, each of which contained three rows of sharp teeth. |
 | | The opposite rock, which was much lower, contained an immense fig tree, under which there dwelt Charybdis, who thrice every day swallowed down the waters of the sea, and thrice threw them up again: both were formidable to the ships which had to pass between them (from: Homer's Odyssey). |
 | | Later traditions represent Skylla as a daughter of Phorcys or Phorbas, by Hecate Crataeis (from: Scholiast's Apollonius Rhodius), or by Lamia; while others make her a daughter of Triton, or Poseidon and Crataeis (from: Eustathius' Homer), or of Typhon and Echidna (from: Hyginus' Fabulae). |
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