Odysseus faced a number of frightful monsters during his wanderings. One particularly scary monster was the whirlpool (or sea monster) Charybdis, the daughter of Poseidon. Charybdis does not kill any of Odysseus' men--at least not directly. However, at one point Odysseus must traverse the narrow strait between Charybdis and Scylla, a six-headed sea monster. The strait is not large enough to avoid both hazards. Under advice from Circe, Odysseus opts to avoid Charybdis and travel by Scylla. Each of Scylla's heads snaps up one of Odysseus' men, six in all. Thus Charybdis did not physically kill any of Odysseus' men, but her presence led to the death of the six sailors Scylla killed.
For more information, consult this website, which reprints the passages from the Odyssey which reference Charybdis.
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