Greek Mythology

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  1. 2. goddess of agriculture who brought farming to humanity
  2. 4. died because he couldn’t stop looking at his own reflection
  3. 7. her kidnapping by Hades would set off a chain of events that created the seasons
  4. 11. stole fire to give to humanity, was sentenced by Zeus to be tortured indefinitely as a result
  5. 13. name of the ship used by Jason when searching for the Golden Fleece
  6. 15. wife of Menelaus who was either kidnapped by or ran away with Paris, depending on interpretation
  7. 16. god of war and bloodlust
  8. 19. 3 female monsters who could turn people into stone through eye contact; Medusa is the most well-known of the 3
  9. 20. wife of Zeus who was enraged by his near-constant cheating; some might consider her status as the goddess of marriage a curse
  10. 22. 3 headed dog who guarded the underworld
  11. 25. temperamental god of the sea and earthquakes
  12. 27. these 9 women served as the goddesses of the humanities and other areas of study
  13. 28. renowned warrior who died from a heel injury
  14. 32. City that the Greeks went to war with over a kidnapped woman
  15. 33. musician who attempted to bring his wife Eurydice back from the underworld on the condition that he not look back at her until they were both in the land of the living; he looked back just before she emerged from the underworld, losing her for good
  16. 34. a group of female warriors who share a name with a well-known modern day company
  17. 36. mountain where the gods lived
  18. 37. would end up (unknowingly) marrying his mother; provided the name for one of Sigmund Freud’s theories
  19. 38. was given the gift of prophecy but cursed so that no one would believe her
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  1. 1. this real-life city was dedicated to Athena when she created the olive tree as a gift for its citizens
  2. 3. author of the Iliad and the Odyssey from where we get many written Greek myths; very little is known about him for certain
  3. 5. sorceress known for turning men into animals
  4. 6. doomed humanity by opening a box
  5. 7. goddess of the soul who fell in love with Eros
  6. 8. goddess of war strategy and wisdom who was born by emerging from her father’s skull
  7. 9. goddess of love who first appeared by emerging from the ocean
  8. 10. god of metalworking who was thrown down to earth by Hera, or by Zeus in other stories
  9. 12. guarded the city of Thebes, could only be passed by answering a riddle
  10. 14. trickster god associated with thieves, merchants, and travelers; helped guide humans to the afterlife
  11. 16. unmarried goddess of hunting and the wilderness
  12. 17. Titan who tried to prevent being overthrown by his children by eating them; this did not work when his wife tricked him into eating a rock which he believed was his son
  13. 18. Mycenaean king who was brutally murdered by his wife after returning home from the Trojan war
  14. 21. similar to Artemis in that she was associated with the moon; fell in love with a shepherd whom she had put into an eternal sleep so he would never die
  15. 23. god of music, medicine, and light believed to work through the real-life Oracle of Delphi
  16. 24. king who asked to turn everything he touched into gold; he changed his mind after an ill-fated attempt to hug his daughter
  17. 26. despite his cleverness, he took 10 years to return home after the Trojan war
  18. 29. god of wine and madness
  19. 30. island where the twins Apollo and Artemis were born
  20. 31. 3 goddesses who literally wove the fate of humanity
  21. 35. hunter whom Artemis fell in love with; in real life, he appears in a constellation