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Down: 1) He was a gorgeous male who admired himself enormously. she loved him but was he ignored her. Eventually she was cursed w/ not being able to speak her own thoughts but only repeat what other said. He taunted her about it and eventually she wasted away only to leave her voice. He spent so much time looking at himself in a pond hat he ended up becoming the flower that grows there2) a race of one-eyed giants of whom the most famous is Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon; he was blinded by Odysseus5) 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 weaver and spinner; in charge of arts and crafts6) a mortal youth who was loved by Aphrodite for his beauty and killed by a wild boar7) sister of Apollo; drives a chariot that carries the moon; goddess of the hunt and patron of virgins. seen as huntress9) son of the last king of Troy (Priam), he is forced to award a golden apple (inscribed "for the fairest") to either 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 Aphrodite, who helps him steal Helen, who's married to Menaleus of Sparta. He takes her to Troy and the Greeks come after and we have the Trojan War13) a group of nymphs who lived on an island and lured men to their destruction w/ their sweet singing. 16) god of the sea; often pictured w/ his 3-pronged scepter, the trident17) He was a great inventor who killed a rival in jealousy and fled to Crete where King Minos gave him refuge and put him to work. The king's wife wanted to have sex with a bull. Had him make her a cow suit in order to mate with it-> minotaur created. He also designed Labyrinth form which they escaped by having him build wings from wax. Told them not to fly to high or the sun will melt the wax, but he ignored his dad, wings melted, and he fell and drowned.20) a Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. As punishment, he was chained to a rock and had his liver eaten out the next day by an eagle. The liver grew back each night, only to be eaten again. Eventually was released by Hercules. 21) god of love. Often pictured as a winged boy23) monster half man and half bull, wild and violent, demands sacrifices yearly of Greek youths and maidens. Imprisoned on the Labyrinth. Eventually slain by Theseus with the help of the king's daughter, who gives him a ball of string so he can find his way out of the Labyrinth27) god of fire, a blacksmith; the only god who is deformed28) a great mortal beauty, whom Venus was very jealous of, because of her beauty. Cupid loved her but didn't want her to know who he was, so only visited @ dark. She was curious so shone a light in his face and cupid got mad @ her, later got over it. she became the goddess of emotion31) a princess whom Zeus abducted and raped, when he was in the form of a bull32) it divides the land of the living from Hades, the land of the dead. Across: 3) goddess of love and beauty(and spring and bloom)4) a mortal who was a great weaver and very arrogant about her ability. She challenged Athena to a weaving contest and won. Athena was mad and turned her into a spider to weave and spin non-stop. She is a symbol of the problems arrogance can cause.8) abandoned @ birth by his parents, who were trying to avoid a horrible prophecy that he would kill his dad and marry his mom. Raised in Corinth, he eventually fled when he heard the same prophecy. In the road, he met and killed his dad, solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and then went to Thebes and married his mom, with whom had 3 children. When he learned the truth, he blinded himself and went into exile; later, he died @ Colonus10) god of the sun; patron of healing; drove a chariot that pulled the sun, so it rose and crossed the sky each day.11) a son of Zeus and a mortal, he was famous for his great strength and endurance12) are half man and half goat, with goat legs, a tail, pointy ears, and a wanton nature. Is the god of forests, flocks, and shepherds. He usually plays pipes. 14) god of warfare15) the goddess of retributive justice and vengeance18) the messenger of the gods; wears shoes and hat with wings so he can fly very quickly. Known for living by his wits and cleverness.19) (2nd) is the goddess of agriculture and fruitfulness (fertility); guardian of marriage. (1st) is her daughter whom Hades marries and takes to Hades to live. 2nd is unhappy w/out her beloved daughter that nothing can grow. A compromise is reached and 1st spends six months on Earth and 6 months below. This is the explanation for why we have seasons. 22) 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 eventually.24) the first mortal woman, sent to Earth as a punishment to man for Prometheus's theft of fire. She brought w/ her a box containing all human ills, which escaped into the world when she opened the box. Only hope was left at the bottom.25) 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 immortality26) god of the underworld; the place itself is named after of him. also, god of wealth (gold and silver came from the earth, which he ruled)29) 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. 30) a race of beings half man and half horse, known for fighting and lustiness(but sometimes for great wisdom)33) born of mortal and Zeus; mother dipped him into the Styx river 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. it is the one vulnerable spot in an otherwise invulnerable thing or person34) the west wind, which is known for being warm and soft
 

 

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