THE GREEK CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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  1. 2. Deianira was the second wife of the Greek hero and demi-god Herakles (better known as Hercules, son of the god Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene).
  2. 5. Hera (/ˈhɛrə, ˈhɪərə/; Greek: Ἥρα, translit. Hḗrā; Ἥρη, Hḗrē in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of women, marriage, family and childbirth in ancient Greek religion and mythology, one of the twelve Olympians and the sister and wife of Zeus.
  3. 6. In Greek mythology, Alcmene or Alcmena was the wife of Amphitryon by whom she bore two children, Iphicles and Laonome.
  4. 9. Atalanta, the Greek Goddess of Running, is one of the lesser-known gods worth knowing about.
  5. 11. Who is Prometheus? In Greek mythology, Prometheus is one of the Titans, the supreme trickster, and a god of fire.
  6. 12. Hercules (known in Greek as Heracles or Herakles) is one of the best-known heroes in Greek and Roman mythology.
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  1. 1. Pandora is a figure from Greek mythology who was not only the first woman, but —as an instrument of the wrath of Zeus— was held responsible for releasing the ills of humanity into the world.
  2. 3. In Greek mythology, Icarus (/ˈɪkərəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἴκαρος, romanized: Íkaros, pronounced [ǐːkaros]) was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth.
  3. 4. Olympus,
  4. 5. Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire (compare, however, with Hestia), and volcanoes.
  5. 7. Paris, also called Alexandros (Greek: “Defender”), in Greek legend, son of King Priam of Troy and his wife, Hecuba.
  6. 8. of Troy,
  7. 10. Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology.