Mythology Review
Across
- 1. The vast, immeasurable abyss mentioned in the story of the creation of the world
- 4. helped Odysseus survive the sirens
- 7. Fathers of the gods; often called the "elder gods"
- 9. What Jason brought back to Pelias
- 11. Fell in love with his own reflection and died
- 13. The god of desire and affection; son of Aphrodite
- 15. half-man/ half-horse
- 16. Persephone's Roman name
- 19. The first woman created; released terrible things into the world
- 21. Accompanied Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece
- 22. Satyr; son of Hermes; chief of the divinities who lived in the world
- 23. A gifted young sculptor who hated women
- 25. Zeus's symbol is the _______ bolt
- 26. Half man/ half bull
- 27. Killed his wife and children and completed 12 labors as penance
- 29. Fearful creature with the front of a lion, behind of a serpent, and a goat in between
- 30. Evil flying creatures that leave behind them a terrible stench
- 31. Bacchus' Greek name/ god of wine & poetry
- 33. Charmed the gods with his lyre and great musical talent
- 35. Sent Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece
- 37. creatures with enchanting voices whose singing lured sailors to their death
- 38. The three winged goddesses in the underworld who pursue and punish sinners
- 39. Gigantic, one-eyed monster
Down
- 1. Zeus's island; ruled by king Minos
- 2. The ship Jason and the argonauts sailed in
- 3. The division of the underworld where the dead pass as soon as they die
- 5. Goat-men
- 6. Zeus's Roman name
- 7. Killed the Minotaur
- 8. The daughter of Demeter and queen of the underworld
- 10. The deeper division of the underworld
- 12. the Gorgon killed by Perseus
- 14. Apollo's first love
- 17. The cyclops whom Odysseus escaped
- 18. Dragon-like creatures with wings who turned men into stone
- 20. the huge maze in which the Minotaur was detained
- 24. Neptune's Greek name
- 28. three-headed dog
- 31. goddess of the harvest
- 32. the powerful ruler of Crete
- 33. Home of the gods
- 34. a winged horse that had sprung from the Gorgon's when Perseus killed her
- 36. King of the gods