Greek mythology crossword puzzle

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  1. 4. “Mother of Monsters”. half a winged woman with glittering eyes and half a huge, scaly serpent. She was immortal and used to drag her victims to earth-shattered pits where she liked to devour them alive.
  2. 6. King of gods. God of sky and thunder. Son of Rhea and Cronus
  3. 8. Goddess of love and wisdom. Daughter of Uranus. Her lovers included Ares, the god of war, and the mortal Anchises, a Trojan prince with whom she had a famous son, Aeneas.
  4. 9. the Greek god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes. Son of Zeus and hera.
  5. 12. Son of Poseidon and Aethra.Theseus is a legendary hero from Greek mythology who was considered an early king of Athens.
  6. 14. Son of Rhea and Cronus. God of the sea. As well as horses and earthquakes. Has a trident as a weapon
  7. 15. Queen of gods.The goddess of women, marriage, childbirth, was known by the Romans as Juno.
  8. 16. God of strength and heroes. Son of Zeus and a mortal woman.
  9. 17. once a beautiful Nymph that the god Poseidon longed for. Amphitrite, Poseidon’s partner, turned her into a monster, poisoning her bathing water. She had a body of fish, a female upper torso and dog heads protruding from her neck.
  10. 19. Twin of Apollo. Artemis was the goddess of chastity, hunting, and the moon
  11. 20. The “Father of all Monsters”. Was the last child of Gaia, fathered by Tartarus, and is considered the most powerful and deadliest of all creatures in Greek mythology.
  12. 22. were three deadly sisters whose hair was made of living, venomous snakes and they could turn anyone into stone just by looking into their eyes. The famous sisters were Stheno, Euryale and Medusa.
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  1. 1. Daughter of king Tyndareus and Leda, but Homer also calls her daughter of Zeus and Leda. Wife of Menelaus, the king of Sparta.
  2. 2. god of the underworld.Was a son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, and brother of the deities Zeus, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia.
  3. 3. Son of Zeus and Antiope, twin brother of amphion, co-founder of Thebes.associated with agriculture and the hunt
  4. 5. goddess of the hearth, daughter of Cronus and Rhea. s. When the gods Apollo and Poseidon became suitors for her hand she swore to remain a maiden forever
  5. 7. Son of Thetis and Peleus. Achilles was the strongest warrior and hero in the Greek army during the Trojan War.
  6. 8. God of war and courage. Son of Hera and Zeus. Loved Aphrodite.
  7. 10. Daughter of Zeus and Metis. Goddess of Wisdom and battle strategy. The aegis carried by her and her father is a shield for battle.
  8. 11. he appears mainly as the messenger of the gods and the conductor of the dead to Hades. Hermes was also a dream god, and the Greeks offered to him the last libation before sleep. Son of Maia and Zeus
  9. 13. Daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Queen of the underworld. Goddess of spring. was an agriculturally-based goddess
  10. 16. Daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. goddess of harmony and concord.
  11. 18. a daughter of Poseidon and Gaia.. looked like a huge whirlpool and at its bottom, her monstrous mouth with huge, sharp teeth were waiting to devour any ship and sailors on it.
  12. 21. Son of Poseidon and Euryale, a Cretan princess. He is one of the only male hunters who followed Artemis.