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Down: 1) abandoned at birth by his parents who were trying to avoid a horrible prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his moth. raise din corinth he eventually fled when he heard the same prophecy. in the road he met and killed his fath, solved the riddle of the sphinx, and then went to thebes and married his mother with whom he had three children. when he learned the truth, he blinded himself and went into exile; later he died at colonus2) god of sea; often pictured with his 3-pronged sceptor, the trident; has a son named Triton3) a mortal youth who was loved by aphrodite for his beauty and killed by a wild boar5) a mortal who was a great weaver and very proud of her ability. she challenged athena to a weaving contest and won. Athena was ad and turned her into a spider so she could weave and spin non stop. she is a symbol of the problems arrogance can cause6) God of fire, a blacksmith; the only god who is deformed8) moster half man and half bull,wild and violent, demands sacrifices yearly of greek youths and maidens. imprisoned in the labyrinth, eventually slain by theseus with the help of the kinds daughter, who gives him a ball of string so he can find his way out of the Labyrinth9) god of wine and revelry. wild feasts were held in his honor, which usually turned into drunken orgies, since that was what he was in charge of 10) god of love. often pictured as a winged boy12) sister of Apollo; drives a chariot that carries the moon; goddess of the hunt and patron of virgins. seen as huntress13) a great mortal beauty, whom Venus was very jealous of, because of her beauty. cupid loved her but didnt want her to know who he was, so he visited her only in the dark. she was curious and eventually snuck a light into their meeting place ad shone it suddenly in his face. he was angry for a while but eventually forgave her and had her made immortal. she became goddess of emotion14) goddess of wisdom and warfare; was "born" full-grown and wearing armor, by springing from the head of zeus. her symbol is the owl. she was a great spinner and weaver; in charge of arts and crafts16) is the goddess of argiculture and fruitfulness (fertility): guardian of marriage17) the goddess of retributive justice or vengeance18) born of mortal and Zeus; mother dipped him in the river Styx to give him immortality but forgot to include the heel she held him by. eventually, during the Trojan war he was shot in that spot and killed. its one of the most vulnerable spots in an otherwise invulnerable thing or person19) the messenger of the gods; wears shoes and hat with wings so he can fly very quickly. known for living by his wits and cleverness23) the west wind, which is known for being warm and soft24) god of sun;patron of healing;drove a chariot that pulled the sun so it rose and crossed the sky each day27) a race of beings half man and half horse, known for fighting and lustiness (but sometimes for great wisdom)29) is one of the groups of satyrs which are half man and half goat, with goat legs, a tail, pointy ears, and a wanton nature, who live in the woods/ is the god of forests, flocks, and shepherds. he usually plays pipes30) a princess whom Zeus abducted and raped, when he was in the form of a bull Across: 4) god of the underworld; the place itself is called ____. also god of wealth (gold and silver came from the earth, which he ruled7) was given his wish that everything that he touched would turn to gold but rethought this idea when he killed his daughter by touching her and was near starvation because all the food he touched turned to gold. he had the spell removed eventually10) a race of one-eyed giants of whom the most famous is Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon; he was blinded by Odysseus11) was a gorgeous male who admired himself. she loved him but he ignored her. Eventually, she was cursed with not being able to speak her own thoughts but only repeat what others said. She eventually wasted away and only her voice was left repeating what other people say. he got stuck peering into a pond, admiring his own reflection and became a flower that grows there15) a son of zeus and a mortal, he was famous for his greath strengh and endurance. he performed twelve amazing feats of strength called the "labors of ______"20) goddess of love and beauty(and spring and bloom)21) a bird that is immortal, but dies in a self -built pyre every 500-600 years and is then reborn; a symbol of rebirth and/or immortality22) a group of nymphs who lived on an island and lured men to their destruction with their sweet singing25) a Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. as a punishment he was chained to a rock and had his liver eaten out every day by a eagle. the liver grew back each night only to be eaten out the next day. eventually released by hercules26) it diveds the land of the lving from hades, the land of the dead28) is demeters daughter whom hades marries and takes to hades to live31) the first mortal woman, sent to earth as punishment to man for Prometheus's theft of fire. she brought with her box containing all human ills, which escaped into the world when she opened the box. only hope was left at the bottom.32) god of warfare33) son of the last king of troy, he is forced to award a golden apple to etiehr Aphrodite who promises him the love of the most beautiful woman in the world; hera, who offers him great wealth, or athena who offers him wisdom. he chooses aprhodite who helps him steal helen, whos married to menaleus of sparta. he takes her to troy and the greeks come after and we have the trojan war
 

 

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