Classical Mythology

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Across
  1. 5. God of fire
  2. 6. The fastest god, thanks to his winged shoes
  3. 7. The three-headed guard of the gates of Hades
  4. 11. The first woman, created by the gods to punish mankind
  5. 14. Where you can go if you get reincarnated three times and lead three heroic lives
  6. 16. The ferryman who takes souls across the River Styx to the gates of Hades
  7. 17. The name of the she-wolf who rescued baby Romulus and Remus
  8. 20. God of music and young men
  9. 21. A hero from the Trojan war who was invincible (except for his heel) after his mother dipped him in the River Styx of the Underworld
  10. 23. Holds a torch, just like her mother
  11. 25. Father (and/or mother?) of seven of the Olympian gods, among hundreds more
  12. 27. The queen whose kidnapping caused the Trojan War
  13. 29. An animal that is associated with both Athena and Apollo
  14. 33. Zeus' weapon of choice
  15. 36. An object seen held by both Demeter and Hades
  16. 39. Romulus' twin brother that he murdered
  17. 40. The first king of Rome
  18. 41. The Greeks hid in a giant wooden version of this animal invade the city of Troy
  19. 44. The Romans named the brightest- and in their opinion the most beautiful- planet in the night sky after this goddess
  20. 46. The name of the Roman god of fire, and where we get the word "volcano"
  21. 48. The Roman name for Demeter- and where we get the word "cereal"
  22. 49. Beings who ruled the universe before the age of the gods
  23. 52. God of hunting and young women
  24. 53. God of riches and ruler of the Underworld
  25. 54. The name of the fastest planet orbiting the sun, one of the fastest flowing metals on the periodic table, and the fastest Roman god
  26. 57. God of war and father to Romulus and Remus
  27. 59. This planet shares a name with the Roman god of the sea
  28. 60. The place of punishment in the underworld
Down
  1. 1. Don't make him angry unless you like earthquakes
  2. 2. The fiery river that surrounds Tartarus
  3. 3. The titan who fathered the original five gods- and then swallowed them whole
  4. 4. Demeter will often be surrounded by this
  5. 8. a two-pronged bird staff often held by the lord of the underworld
  6. 9. Roman name for Artemis
  7. 10. The river of forgetfulness in the underworld
  8. 12. Goddess born from sea foam and the mutilated parts of Ouranos
  9. 13. God of war and the creator of Medusa
  10. 15. The Titan who created animals (and gave away all of the gifts of the gods)
  11. 18. The Titan who created humans and gave them fire
  12. 19. Mother earth
  13. 22. These can found both on the beach and in the goddess of love's hair
  14. 24. Either a grumpy old man or a beautiful, feminine youth
  15. 26. The Roman name for the god of wine
  16. 28. How Zeus and Poseidon decided to kill all the humans
  17. 30. The place in the underworld here Ancient Greek mortals' spirits go while they are sleeping
  18. 31. The sons of this Roman god of war founded the city of Rome
  19. 32. The name of the prince who kidnapped a Greek Queen and caused the Trojan War
  20. 34. God of marriage (unfortunately for her)
  21. 35. the weapon given to the god of the sea
  22. 37. The sky, and the accidental father of Aphrodite
  23. 38. The three winged women who torture evil souls in tartarus
  24. 42. The name of the rock that marks the entrance to the underworld
  25. 43. A dwarf planet that orbits our sun and the name of the Roman god of riches and minerals
  26. 45. Athena's Roman name
  27. 47. The first thing to exist according to the Greek creation story
  28. 50. Hera's sacred animal
  29. 51. God of the earth and harvest
  30. 55. The place in the Underworld where heroes go after they die
  31. 56. The queen of the Titans and mother of Zeus
  32. 58. Roman name of the god of the sky