Roman Mythology
Across
- 9. God who escorted the souls of the dead to the underworld
- 10. Turned into a white hilfer to avoid the wrath of Juno
- 11. Their death was believed to have changed the Roman government from a monarchy to a republic
- 15. Roman Emperor Galba believed he was a descendant of this god
- 16. Had a temple dedicated to them on the Campus Martius near the Circus Flaminius in Rome
- 19. Thrown off Mount Olympus because of their “unattractiveness” by their mother
- 20. Patron of the Quinquatria and the protagonist in one of the most famous stories in Metamorphoses
- 21. Helped save the Romans from the Gauls after being awoken by the Scared Geese of the capital
- 23. Stygem Formed a border between the underworld and Earth
- 24. Animal that asked Jupiter to give her a weapon to harm those who attack
- 25. Cocles Defended one of Rome’s most famous bridges, the Pons Sublicious, against Lars Persona and his invading army
Down
- 1. An incomplete 6 book poem about the mythology connecting to the Roman calendar and festivals
- 2. Son of Mars and Rhea Silvia who was killed over a disagreement
- 3. Born after Flora gave their mother a herb to give birth to them
- 4. Scaevola Thrusted their right hand into a blazing fire to prove their loyalty to Rome
- 5. Wished for the city of Rome to be built on the Palatine Hill
- 6. Name derived from the Latinized form of the Greek word meaning wealth
- 7. Mother to both Aeneas and Cupid and was born from seafoam
- 8. Punished to undergo 12 labors after killing his wife and children
- 12. Had their daughter stolen from them, creating the myth of how seasons came about
- 13. Regarded as the youngest and the oldest gods and begged Jupiter to allow them to remain forever a virgin
- 14. Often pictured wearing a goatskin and carrying a spear and shield
- 17. Usually depicted with two faces, and the first month of the year was named after him
- 18. Turned Actaeon, a hunter, into a stag and sent his hounds after him after becoming upset that he had seen them undressed
- 22. The only god whose name is common between Roman and Greek mythology