Symplegades

American  

[sim-pleg-uh-deez] / sɪmˈplɛg əˌdiz /

plural noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a pair of rocky islands, at the entrance to the Black Sea, that often clashed together: Athena helped the Argonauts navigate them, after which they became fixed.

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Example Sentences

He gave them wise advice, too, about the dangers before them, in especial about the Clashing Rocks, the Symplegades, that rolled perpetually against one another while the sea boiled up around them.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The Sirens, Scylla, and the Symplegades were some of the dangers of the journey.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.

This was caused by the meeting of two great rocky islands, called the Symplegades, which floated about in the sea, and constantly met and separated.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.

THOAS, King of Tauris, a savage country beyond the Symplegades.

From The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides by Murray, Gilbert

"Do not strive to make the passage of the Symplegades," he said.

From The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Colum, Padraic