ID: 901001958 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001958	Record Type: Character/Person

	Charybdis (Greek legendary monster)

Note: Legendary monster located in the in the Strait of Messina opposite another monster, Scylla. She lurked under a fig tree a bowshot away on the opposite shore, drank down and belched forth the waters thrice a day and was fatal to shipping. Her character was most likely the personification of a whirlpool. In Homer, the shipwrecked Odysseus barely escaped her clutches by clinging to a tree until the improvised raft that she swallowed floated to the surface again after many hours.

Names:

	Charybdis (Greek legendary monster) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Kharybdis (Greek legendary monster) (English,U,N)
	Χάρυβδις (Greek legendary monster) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Charybdis (Greek legendary monster) (I)

Related Iconography:

	counterpart is .... Scylla
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Scylla (Greek legendary monster)) [901000582]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... monster (legendary being)
	.....(legendary beings, Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Strait of Messina
	.....(Messina province, Sicily, Italy, Europe) (TGN)

Sources:

	Charybdis (Greek legendary monster)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) mentioned in Scylla and Charybdis, sh 88002939
	Kharybdis (Greek legendary monster)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charybdis
	Χάρυβδις (Greek legendary monster)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charybdis

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Scylla and Charybdis," accessed 11 July 2017