Scylla is one of the great stories of Greek
mithology. The story is a metaphor, similar
to that of Daedalus and Icarus. In the
odyssey, circe informs Odysseus that is route
will take through the Strait of Scylla and
Charibdis.
Charibdis is a huge whirlpool that will
sink his ship.It will be better, thus, for
him to sail closer to Scylla and lose a
few men, rather than all of them.