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