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And in the other cliff was Charybdis, who thrice a day drew up the water and spouted it
again. By the advice of Circe he shunned the passage by the Wandering Rocks, and in
sailing past the cliff of Scylla he stood fully armed on the poop. But Scylla appeared,
snatched six of his comrades, and gobbled them up.
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Apollodorus. Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Includes Frazer's notes.
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