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<p>[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 4976265, member: 111037"]It is, and in the full design of the helmet she is supposed to be throwing stones, but that detail is worn out. She was famously featured in Homer's Odyssey of course. According to the myth, she was guarding one side of a narrow straight of water, and another monster called Charybdis guarded the other. Sailors couldn't avoid both as there was only an arrow's distance between them. Odysseus famously chose Scylla as he thought Charybdis would completely destroy them while Scylla would only eat a few men. So I guess that makes her the lesser evil, lol. I wonder if she or her colleague are featured in more coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 4976265, member: 111037"]It is, and in the full design of the helmet she is supposed to be throwing stones, but that detail is worn out. She was famously featured in Homer's Odyssey of course. According to the myth, she was guarding one side of a narrow straight of water, and another monster called Charybdis guarded the other. Sailors couldn't avoid both as there was only an arrow's distance between them. Odysseus famously chose Scylla as he thought Charybdis would completely destroy them while Scylla would only eat a few men. So I guess that makes her the lesser evil, lol. I wonder if she or her colleague are featured in more coins.[/QUOTE]
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