Across
- 2. the god of fire
- 5. legendary greek poet
- 8. the Greek god of wine, fruitfulness, and vegetation, worshipped in orgiastic rites.
- 9. an inhabitant of Minoan Crete or member of the Minoan people.
- 11. sea between the Greek peninsula on the west and Asia Minor on the east
- 12. a cruel and oppressive ruler.
- 14. god of the underworld
- 16. the Greek goddess of wisdom
- 17. ancient Greek poet.
- 19. the Greek goddess of agriculture
- 22. the goddess of wild animals, the hunt, and vegetation, and of chastity and childbirth
- 23. the capital of Greece, in the southeast near the Saronic Gulf
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- 1. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
- 3. the Greek and Roman god of sunlight, prophecy, music, and poetry
- 4. a mythical Greek hero renowned for his great strength and especially for performing 12 labors imposed on him by Hera.
- 5. a Greek god of commerce, eloquence, invention, travel, and theft who serves as herald and messenger of the other gods
- 6. Greek fabulist
- 7. an inhabitant of Mycenae or member of the Mycenaean people.
- 10. a monster shaped half like a man and half like a bull, confined in the labyrinth built by Daedalus for Mino’s and given a periodic tribute of youths and maidens as food until slain by Theseus a king of Athens in Greek mythology who kills Procrustes and the Minotaur before defeating the Amazons and marrying their queen
- 11. a member of the aristocracy.
- 13. the eponymous hero of the Odyssey
- 15. the Greek goddess of the hearth and chief goddess of domestic activity
- 18. the goddess (= female god) of marriage, worshiped as queen of heaven
- 20. the goddess (= female god) of marriage, worshiped as queen of heaven
- 21. the king of the gods and husband of Hera in Greek mythology