Across
- 3. this son of Venus was said to be the ancestor of the Roman people
- 4. subject performs the action
- 5. these goddesses of the arts were the source of inspiration for artists of all kinds
- 7. an idea or feeling that a word suggests in addition to its literal or primary meaning
- 10. assignment of human characteristics to animals, gods or objects
- 14. to speed up the progress of
- 16. to place side by side
- 18. this god of war was associated with dogs
- 19. long narrative poem about a larger-than-life hero
- 21. beings who use their cleverness to get what they want
- 24. dictionary definition of a word
- 25. poetry that expresses a speaker's emotions or thoughts
- 26. to annoy thoroughly
- 29. an author's choice of words
- 30. these daughters of Poseidon guarded the ocean
Down
- 1. subject receives the action
- 2. the first scholar to develop a theory of the heroic journey pattern
- 3. goddess of wisdom and war; associated with the owl
- 6. professional storytellers in West Africa
- 8. beautiful women who guarded different parts of nature according to classical mythology
- 9. to confirm; to back up with evidence
- 11. passing of literature via word of mouth from generation to generation
- 12. Mythology is a(n) __________ for our human existence.
- 13. generous, kind
- 15. god of wine, fertility and the theater
- 17. to examine very carefully
- 20. to ridicule
- 22. naturally peaceful
- 23. a poem's narrator; the voice in the poem that talks to the reader or to the person addressed by the poem
- 27. goddess of the hunt; associated with the moon and maidenhood
- 28. common symbol, character or story pattern in literature