Lesser Gods/Creatures Verba Versa
Across
- 4. - the goddess said to have poisoned Scylla's bath in one version of the myth
- 7. - the youth Nemesis brought to waste away gazing at his own reflection
- 8. - the hidden island where Calypso held Odysseus captive for seven years
- 9. - the nymph who helped Menelaus catch the shape-shifting sea god Proteus
- 12. - the protective herb Hermes gave Odysseus to resist Circe's spell
- 14. - the animals Circe transformed Odysseus's men into
- 17. - the Fate who measured the thread of mortal life with her rod
- 18. - the sorceress who drove Talos mad with a spell
- 19. - the material the crew used to plug their ears against the Sirens' song
- 20. - what Odysseus used to paddle away on the mast after escaping Charybdis
- 23. - the Fury whose name means "the unceasing"
- 24. - the winged horse born from Medusa's severed neck
- 27. - the goddess of the rainbow and sister to the Harpies
- 28. - the part of the ship Odysseus was lashed to so he could safely hear the Sirens
- 32. - the sacred river whose water Iris fetched for divine oaths
- 33. - the single weak point sealed by a nail on Talos's body
- 35. - the lost goddess Hecate helped Demeter search for
- 38. - the quality in mortals that Nemesis hunted and punished without mercy
- 39. - the hero pursued by the Furies for killing his mother
- 40. - the hero who wrestled Cerberus bare-handed as his twelfth labor
- 41. - the battle where Pan's panic helped frighten the Persian army
- 42. - the princess who gave Theseus thread to navigate the Labyrinth
Down
- 1. - the number of heads on the hound Cerberus
- 2. - the metal melted by the Chimera's own fire, choking it to death
- 3. - the locations where mortals left offerings for Hecate
- 5. - the container the crew foolishly opened while Odysseus slept, releasing the winds
- 6. - the false name Odysseus gave the Cyclops to outwit him
- 10. - the type of tree Odysseus clung to above the whirlpool to survive
- 11. - the hero who used a mirrored shield to defeat Medusa
- 13. - the hero who answered the Sphinx's riddle and freed Thebes
- 15. - the craftsman who designed the Labyrinth beneath Crete's palace
- 16. - the answer to the Sphinx's famous riddle about legs at morning, noon, and evening
- 21. - the Titan who was father to Calypso
- 22. - the direction of the only wind Aeolus left free to blow Odysseus home
- 25. - the Fate whose name means "unturning," she cut the thread of life
- 26. - the number of heads Scylla grew after being cursed
- 29. - the goddess for whom Iris most often served as messenger
- 30. - the nymph who became reeds while fleeing Pan's embrace
- 31. - the king who seized Proteus to learn the fates of those lost after Troy
- 34. - the god whose son Polyphemus was
- 36. - the blind king tormented by the Harpies
- 37. - the hero who slew the Chimera from atop Pegasus