Mythology Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. full of danger or risk
- 4. a momentary or partial view.
- 6. done with great effort and difficulty.
- 9. (of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death.
- 11. greatly surprised or impressed; amazed.
- 13. Also, Athene [uh-thee-nee] (Show IPA). Also called Pallas, Pallas Athena. the virgin deity of the ancient Greeks worshiped as the goddess of wisdom, fertility, the useful arts, and prudent warfare. At her birth she sprang forth fully armed from the head of her father, Zeus.
- 14. a member of a council.
- 17. compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.
- 18. a snake-like sea monster
- 19. the only mortal of the three Gorgons. She was killed by Perseus, and her head was mounted upon the aegis of Zeus and Athena.
- 23. God of the Underworld
- 24. wrinkled and contracted, especially due to loss of moisture or old age
- 25. Punsihed by Hera to not be able to speak his thoughts
- 28. escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or trickery.
- 29. the supreme deity of the ancient Greeks, a son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, and Poseidon, and father of a number of gods, demigods, and mortals; the god of the heavens, identified by the Romans with Jupiter.
- 30. far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.
Down
- 1. was the king of the island of Seriphos in Greek mythology, and was the ruler of the island when Danae and her son Perseus were washed ashore where his brother Dictys saved them.
- 2. throw in various random directions.
- 3. dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening.
- 5. unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses.
- 7. The three share an eye between them
- 8. a mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations
- 10. a Phrygian king, son of Gordius, who was given the power of turning whatever he touched into gold.
- 12. have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from
- 13. a Lydian woman who challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was changed into a spider for her presumption.
- 15. express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure.
- 16. Messenger of the Gods
- 20. pulled or twisted out of shape; contorted.
- 21. utter a high-pitched piercing sound or words, especially as an expression of terror, pain, or excitement.
- 22. a hero, the son of Zeus and Danaƫ, who slew the Gorgon Medusa, and afterward saved Andromeda from a sea monster.
- 25. an opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place.
- 26. feeling or showing tiredness, especially as a result of excessive exertion or lack of sleep
- 27. living forever; never dying or decaying