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Incidis in Scyllam cupiens vitare Charybdim
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"Incidis in Scyllam cupiens vitare Charybdim" est versus proverbialis primum fortasse Latine a Gualtero de Castellione saeculo 12 scriptum in carmine suo epico cuius titulus est Alexandreis (lib. 5 v. 301). Proverbium e mythologia Graeca trahitur, in qua Scylla et Charybdis eodem tempore in freto marino nautis Odyssei minantur : haec historia primum Graece in Odyssea narratur. Temporibus recentioribus saepius in forma emendata "Incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim" citatur.[1]
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Idem proverbium Francogallice a Ioanne de La Fontaine repetitur in fabula "La vieille et les deux servantes", verbis utens: "tomber ... de Charybde en Scylla".[2] Titulum postea dedit libro parvo ab Octavio Feuillet anno fere 1888 editum.