Words Derived from Mythology

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Across
  1. 2. (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders;
  2. 3. a complicated network of winding passages; a maze (Theseus and the Minotaur)
  3. 5. enormous size, strength, power, or scope; huge (the Titans)
  4. 7. to put into a sleep-like state; v. To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions
  5. 10. a breakfast food prepared from grains (Ceres)
  6. 11. a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy, a long wandering and eventful journey
Down
  1. 1. a priestess of Apollo in Greek mythology cursed to utter true prophecies, but never to be believed
  2. 4. a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
  3. 6. (Greek mythology) fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; a fantasy; a horrible creature of the imagination, an illusion; a foolish fancy
  4. 8. sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events, sudden, overpowering terror
  5. 9. Goddess of the rainbow; Colored part of the eye