Charybdis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
May 22, 2026 09:47 PM
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History
Charybdis was a sea monster that was rationalized in the form of a whirlpool located in the Strait of Messina.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462157
38.260268, 15.660384
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 23176 (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
- Charybdis abuts Siculum Fretum (unspecified date range)
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whirlpool
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 H2 Charybdis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Cariddi (whirlpool)
R.J.A. Wilson, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Charybdis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462157> [accessed: 16 July 2026]
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