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When the ''[[Adrestia]]'' and her crew were approaching the [[Pirate Islands]], specifically [[Keos]], [[Herodotos]] joked about [[Barnabas]]' suggestion for carefulness with a comment about Charybdis and Skylla waiting at the bottom of the sea. Barnabas corrected that the reason for care were the [[Piracy|pirates]] patrolling the seas around the islands.<ref name="ACOd" /> | When the ''[[Adrestia]]'' and her crew were approaching the [[Pirate Islands]], specifically [[Keos]], [[Herodotos]] joked about [[Barnabas]]' suggestion for carefulness with a comment about Charybdis and Skylla waiting at the bottom of the sea. Barnabas corrected that the reason for care were the [[Piracy|pirates]] patrolling the seas around the islands.<ref name="ACOd" /> | ||
[[Phila]], a member and a [[magi]] of the [[Order of the Storm]], commanded a [[Skylla (ship)| | The pirate [[ship]] ''[[Shadowed Nymph]]'' bore Skylla's image as her figurehead, and [[Phila]], a member and a [[magi]] of the [[Order of the Storm]], commanded a [[Skylla (ship)|trireme]] named after Skylla during the [[Peloponnesian War]].<ref name="ACOd" /> | ||
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Skylla was a monstrous creature in the Greek mythology, said to haunt a narrow channel with Charybdis on the other side of it.
Influence
During the 5th century BCE a region of Argolis on the Peloponnese was known as the Promontory of Skylla. Multiple buildings also throughout Greece bore murals depicting Skylla.[1]
When the Adrestia and her crew were approaching the Pirate Islands, specifically Keos, Herodotos joked about Barnabas' suggestion for carefulness with a comment about Charybdis and Skylla waiting at the bottom of the sea. Barnabas corrected that the reason for care were the pirates patrolling the seas around the islands.[1]
The pirate ship Shadowed Nymph bore Skylla's image as her figurehead, and Phila, a member and a magi of the Order of the Storm, commanded a trireme named after Skylla during the Peloponnesian War.[1]
Trivia
- To be "between Scylla and Charybdis" is an idiom akin to "between a rock and a hard place."
- A cosmetic pack for the ship Adrestia can be bought from the Helix Store called Charybdis & Skylla Naval Pack, featuring Skylla as the figurehead as well as on the sail in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey.
- Skylla and Charybdis feature in Homer's Odyssey.
Gallery
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The figurehead featuring Skylla -
The Naval Pack for Adrestia -
The sails featuring Skylla
