Greek Origin Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. Erotic, Greek god of love, Son of Aphrodite
- 4. Frenzy, derived from the god Pan
- 7. forethinker, something that's life giving or creative, given name at birth
- 9. Echo, Punished by hera causing her to mimic others, Derived from a nymph
- 10. Fortuna, Greek god of fortune and luck, Birthed from a titan
- 11. Musical, Originated from the nine goddesses of dancing
- 12. Jove, God of sky and thunder, derived from roman mythology
- 13. giants, used to describe anything enormous in size/strength
- 14. Atlas, Used for guiding, named after the titan turned into stone
- 15. pythogenic, means something produced by filth, derived from the greek term “to rot”
- 16. Maze, Came from name of the prison garden full of puzzles
Down
- 1. Eumenides, A group of females depicting having snakes for hair, Emerged from drops of blood that fell on the earth
- 2. Pluto, Greek god of the underworld, after cronus was overthrown his kingdom was divided among his sons
- 3. Neptunus, God of horses and racing, derived from roman mythology
- 5. Chronology, God of time, Birthed from uranus and gaea
- 6. Goddess of the soul, counterpart to cupid
- 8. Olympics, athletic competition, home of the gods
- 11. Warlike, Derived from the roman god of war, mars
- 15. Eve, First woman, released bad things onto humanity, derived from zeus