Words Derived from Mythology
Across
- 2. (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders;
- 3. a complicated network of winding passages; a maze (Theseus and the Minotaur)
- 5. enormous size, strength, power, or scope; huge (the Titans)
- 7. to put into a sleep-like state; v. To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions
- 10. a breakfast food prepared from grains (Ceres)
- 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. a priestess of Apollo in Greek mythology cursed to utter true prophecies, but never to be believed
- 4. a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
- 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
- 8. sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events, sudden, overpowering terror
- 9. Goddess of the rainbow; Colored part of the eye