Introduction to Greek Mythology

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  1. 2. goddess of wisdom & Zeus's daughter
  2. 4. Another topic of Greek myths
  3. 5. Zeus's wife
  4. 8. Where the Greeks believed the Gods & Goddesses lived
  5. 12. where all dead people were believed to go
  6. 13. According to Greek myth, the world's strongest man
  7. 15. something given by the gods for bad behavior
  8. 16. Ancient stories that tell the lives and actions of the Gods
  9. 18. King of the Gods
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  1. 1. Number of tasks Heracles had to complete to pay for his crimes
  2. 2. goddess of love
  3. 3. messenger of the gods
  4. 5. The gods' fighting, unfair behavior, jealousy, for example
  5. 6. god of the sea
  6. 7. the dead had to cross this to get into the underworld
  7. 9. Myths helped to explain the ___________, such as what lightning and thunder are.
  8. 10. god of war
  9. 11. Neighbors of the Greeks who adopted parts of Greek religion
  10. 13. Greek poet who created the epic poems Iliad and the Odyssey.
  11. 14. Something learned from reading a myth.
  12. 15. The name for worshiping many gods
  13. 17. god of the dead