CONSTELLATION!
Across
- 2. The southern crown
- 3. Was named after Ladon, the hundred-headed dragon that guards the garden of Hesperides.
- 7. depicts the Greek mythology arrow used by Heracles to slay the eagle gnawing on Prometheus’ liver.
- 8. Representing the lyre
- 13. The royal sea monster bait
- 15. Greek for "oxen driver"
- 16. The charioteer of the gods
- 18. Represents the carpenter’s square, or level, often used by carpenters on explorer vessels.
- 19. Named the constellation after the early compound microscopes
- 20. The wolf
- 21. The big dog
- 23. It is named after the invention of the chemical furnace
- 24. Greek for “no feet”
- 25. Means "table"
- 28. A crab sent to distract Heracles while battling an ancient hydra or snake.
- 29. Represents Hippe, daughter of the centaur, Chiron.
Down
- 1. Was Poseidon’s messenger, who ultimately helped him find his future wife, Amphitrite.
- 4. Represents a forest god known for his horns and legs of a goat.
- 5. Literally, meaning “weighing scales”
- 6. Depicts the hare or rabbit chased by Orion, the great hunter.
- 9. The northern crown
- 10. It was named for a reticle or fibrous piece of a telescope or microscope’s eyepiece.
- 11. Greek for “camel and leopard”
- 12. Depicts the legendary Greek mythology healer, Asclepius. A.k.a the serpent-bearer
- 14. The bull
- 17. It is named after the immortal mythological twins
- 22. Depicts a fox holding a goose in its teeth.
- 25. Depicts the common fly
- 26. Represents the reflecting octant.
- 27. Means “engraver’s chisel” in Latin.