Crime and Punishment in the Underworld
Across
- 2. tried to seduce Hera
- 6. Tantalus was punished for stealing ______ and nectar, then slicing and dicing his son to feed to the gods
- 9. The _______ is an important source of Greek and Roman mythology
- 11. ate part of Pelop’s shoulder
- 13. What was Sisyphus role in society?
- 14. It was a common practice for two parties involved in a treaty to exchange these.
- 19. Ixion’s punishment was to be bound to a fiery ____ which rolled around the underworld.
- 20. The word tantalize is derived from this person’s name.
- 21. eternally condemned to push a rock up a hill
Down
- 1. made sure his guests “fit” his bed by any means necessary
- 3. god of death
- 4. Thanatos chained Sisyphus here
- 5. Lycaon and his sons were turned into these.
- 7. Procrustes was slain by this hero.
- 8. Tantalus was condemned for causing Zeus to commit this act.
- 10. fathered the centaurs by the mares (female horses) of Mount Pelion
- 12. Sisyphus asked his wife not to bury his ______ if he died.
- 15. Sisyphus made money by killing his ______ and keeping their stuff.
- 16. Sisyphus manages to capture the personification of _______.
- 17. In Ovid’s version of the story of Lycaon, who tells the story of Lycaon?
- 18. Ixion was tricked into copulating with a ____ in the image of Hera.