1. scylla - Noun
2. Scylla - Proper noun
A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis. Robert H. Jackson
In popularizing a scientific development it was always crucial to sail the narrow strait between the Scylla of professional contempt and the Charybdis of public befuddlement. Gregory Benford
Between the Charybdis of inaccuracy and the Scylla of abstruseness, the course is narrow and the sea is rough. Herbert Dingle
In avoiding Charybdis, he falls into Scylla. Latin Proverb
After his triumph, he punished Scylla for her treachery against her father by tying her to a boat and dragging her until she drowned. Source: Internet
Another, that Lamia was subsequently cursed by the goddess Hera to have stillborn children because of her association with Zeus; alternatively, Hera slew all of Lamia's children (except Scylla) in anger that Lamia slept with her husband, Zeus. Source: Internet