Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Pescecoia

The famous swimmer drowned in the pool of Charybdis. The tale says he dived one into the pool, and was quite satisfied with its pool, and wonders; but the King Frederick then tossed in a golder cup, which Fescecola dived for, and was never seen again. (See Schiller's Diver.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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