Across
- 2. a gorgon with the ability to turn a person to stone just by looking at her
- 4. the King of Seriphos and wannabe suitor of Danae; schemes to get rid of Perseus
- 6. the King of Argo, father of Danae
- 11. the object in which Danae and Perseus were stuffed into and then sent to sea
- 12. gave Perseus a bronze mirror to use as a shield
- 14. body part of Medusa that Perseus keeps
- 15. enabled the user to become invisible to the eye
- 17. a kind fisherman who stumbled across Danae and Perseus
- 20. a special place to put the head of Medusa in order to not kill anyone else
- 21. the eventual wife of Perseus; chained to a rock as a sacrifice
- 23. the initial place of Danae’s residence and where Zeus appeared as a shower of gold
- 24. a gift from Hermes; useful in the defeat of the sea monster and Medusa
Down
- 1. angered the nymphs by bragging about her beauty, subsequently followed by the nymphs complaining to Poseidon
- 3. the place where Perseus killed Polydektes and gave the throne to Dictys
- 5. the object used to kill Medusa
- 7. prophesized that Akrisios would be killed by his daughter’s son
- 8. a demigod who was sent to retrieve a Gorgon’s head; killed Medusa
- 9. this is where Andromeda is from
- 10. Perseus’s father and the king of the gods
- 13. the homeland of Perseus and where Danae was imprisoned
- 14. gave Perseus a magical hat
- 16. the monster that Poseidon sent to terrorize Ethiopia
- 18. a gift from Athena so that Perseus could see Medusa w/o turning to stone
- 19. was locked into a tower, then a chest, and mother of Perseus
- 22. led Perseus on his journey and gave him winged sandals