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predicament
Logic obsolete one of Aristotle's ten categories of being
Predicament
Dancy, Captain Ronaldmust persecute friend to save own skin. [Br. Lit.: Loyalties, Magill I, 533–534]
knot inextricable difficulty; Alexander cut the original. [Gk. Hist.: Espy, 49]
hero must choose one of two doors. [Am. Lit.: The Lady or the Tiger]
loves husband; forced into adultery by patron. [Ger. Opera: d’Albert, Tiefland, Westerman, 373]
and Charybdis two equally dangerous alternatives. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey, Espy, 41]
cliffs at Black Sea entrance; clashed together as ships passed through. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 251]