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  1. 2. They were generally depicted as birds with the heads of women, their faces were pale with hunger and long claws on their hands.
  2. 3. was an an enchantress who helped Jason, leader of the Argonauts, to obtain the Golden Fleece from her father, King Aeëtes of Colchis. She was of divine descent and had the gift of prophecy. She married Jason and used her magic powers and advice to help him.
  3. 4. was the most important Centaur in Greek mythology, famous for his teaching ability. He was the son of the Titan god Cronus and the nymph Philyra.
  4. 6. was a king of the region of Thrace in Greek mythology, as well as a seer. He appeared in the myth of Jason and the Argonauts, on their way to retrieve the Golden Fleece from the mythical land of Colchis.
  5. 7. In Greek mythology, ________ was the ruler of Thebes, although _________ would not be named king, but would act as regent on several occasions, including either side of the rule of Oedipus.
  6. 8. was the builder and eponym of the ship Argo. He was known as one of the Argonauts and constructed the ship under Athena's guidance. He traveled with Jason to find the golden fleece.
  7. 10. is the Roman god of the sun. The worship of Sol was introduced to the Romans by Titus Tatius. It is believed the Roman pantheon had two sun gods.The deity worship was performed by the Sabine family of Aurelius.
  8. 13. is the leader of the Argonauts and the son of Aeson, king of Iolcos in Thessaly.
  9. 15. was a son of Boreas, god of the north wind, and Orithyia, the goddess of cold mountain winds. He was the twin brother of Zetes and the brother of Chione, the goddess of snow.
  10. 16. _________ is an ancient site in Greece and a modern town, which was an important part of various stories in Greek mythology. _________ was an important ancient Greek religious sanctuary sacred to the god Apollo.
  11. 18. is the area bordered by the Danube on the north, by the Euxine Sea (Black Sea) on the east, by northern Macedonia in the south and by Illyria to the west.
  12. 19. is a son of Boreas the God of the North Wind. Along with his brothers Calais, they are known as the Boreads. _________ and Calais were Argonauts and are identifiable because of their wings.
  13. 21. _________ was a mortal prince of Greek mythology, the heir to the throne of Iolcus, and most famously, the father of the Greek hero Jason.
  14. 22. was a river-god of Colchis at the easternmost end of the Black Sea (modern day Georgia). The Phasis River had its headwaters in the Caucasus Mountains and flowed down through the land of Colchis to the Black Sea.
  15. 23. is the King of Colchis (the land at the eastern end of the Black Sea) who received from Phrixus, son of Athamas, the Golden Fleece. Later, when the Argonauts came to Colchis, he was betrayed by his own daughter Medea, and lost both fleece and kingdom.
  16. 24. The __________ was named after a girl named Helle. Together with her brother Phrixus, she was about to be killed as a human sacrifice, but they were saved by a ram with a golden fleece, which took them on their back, and flew from Greece to the north.
  17. 26. The name Eridanos means "Early Burnt" from the Greek words êri and danos. It probably came from the story of Phaethon--whose flaming body plunged into the river when he was struck from the chariot of the sun by the thunderbolt of Zeus.The Eridanos was later associated with the river _______, because the ________ was located near the end of the Amber trail.
  18. 27. a Corinthian princess as the daughter of King Creon. She married Jason. Creusa was killed, along with her father, by Medea, who either sent her a peplos steeped in flammable poison or set fire to the royal palace.
  19. 29. was a city-state in Ancient Greece, located between its rival states, Sparta and Athens. In Greek mythology, it was founded by Corinthos, who was a descendant of the god of the sun Helios.
  20. 31. ________ is a king of Greek mythology, for ________ was the king of Iolcus, but ________ was also a noted hero for he was an Argonaut and a hunter of the Calydonian Boar.
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  1. 1. A pair of rocks at the Bosphorus that clashed together whenever a vessel went through. They were defeated by Jason and the Argonauts, who would have been lost and killed by the rocks if it wasn't for Phineus' advice.
  2. 5. is one of the best-known heroes in Greek and Roman mythology and is a prime example of a mighty warrior. The reward for his suffering through many hardships was a promise that he would live forever among the gods at Mount Olympus.
  3. 6. _________, son of King Athamas of Boeotia and the half-nymph Nephele, along with his twin sister, Helle, were hated by their stepmother, Ino. Phrixus was a character in the greek mythology who created the golden fleece.
  4. 9. The _______ Sea, also called the Euxine Sea, was originally known by the Greeks as Axeinos, which means "Unkind to Strangers" i.e. Inhospitable.
  5. 11. ______ was the goddess of the Hellespont, a body of water bridging the Aegean and Black Seas. ______ was once a mortal princess, a daughter of King Athamas of Boeotia by the cloud-nymphe Nephele. Her jealous stepmother Ino tricked Athamas into offering Helle and her brother Phrixos up as a sacrifice to the gods, but Nephele sent the flying, golden-fleece ram to their rescue.
  6. 12. of Colchis was the son of Aeetes and a brother of Medea and Chalciope. When his sister, Medea, ran off with Jason, the Argonauts and the Golden Fleece, she distracted Aeetes by killing her brother Absyrtus.
  7. 13. was a sky-god who Romans believed oversaw all aspects of life; he is thought to have originated from the Greek god Zeus. ________ also concentrated on protecting the Roman state.
  8. 14. was the king of Iolcus in Greek mythology, son of the god Poseidon and Tyro.
  9. 17. ___________ is the land of the mythical Centaurs, the birthplace of Achilles, who is the hero of the Trojan War, and the place where the battle between the Titans and the Olympic Gods took place.
  10. 20. is the twin brother of Polydeuces a pair of demigods. The two in collective are known as the Dioscuri. The twins feature in a number of myths, crossing paths with other notable figures in Greek Mythology like Jason. Both Castor and Pollux, being identical twins, were inseparable in their looks and actions. ________ was great horseman and Pollux was a great fighter.
  11. 23. is the Olympian goddess of wisdom and war and the adored patroness of the city of Athens. She also shares some things in common with Minerva from Roman mythology. Many refer to her as a protector or a patron of major cities such as Athens.
  12. 25. was a fabulously wealthy land situated on the mysterious periphery of the heroic world. Here in the sacred grove of the war god Ares, King Aeëtes hung the Golden Fleece until it was seized by Jason and the Argonauts.
  13. 28. was a river-god of the northern realm of Hyperborea. He also had a place amongst the stars which is known as the constellation __________. The __________ was a mythical river later identified with the Istros (Ister) (Danube) of northern Europe and the Po of northern Italy.
  14. 30. ___________ is a legendary musician and prophet in ancient Greek religion. He was also a renowned poet and, according to the legend, travelled with Jason and the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece, and even descended into the Underworld of Hades to recover his lost wife Eurydice.