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Down: 1) servant of amphitruo tht mercury impersonates (mercury is hermes)2) powerful colony in north Africa directly south of rome. Chief threat to to roman imperialism. 3) wife of amphitron and mother of Heracles, last of mortal women seduced by zeus.4) eros god of war 8) widow of Laius and mother.wife of Oedipus sister of creon and mom of Antigone and ismene. 10) daughter of chryses, Apollo’s priest, whom agammemnon was forced to return since Apollo caused plague on greek army. 12) son of odysseus and Penelope who helped his dad destroy his moms suitors. 13) wife of Hector. And mom of astyanax14) chief defender of Troy against invading acheans he was abandoned by his patron Apollo and killed by Achilles. His funeral rites closes the illiad. 17) son of Agave and Ethion (ONE OF THE MEN BORN FROM cadmus’ planted dragon teeth). He was a young king of thebes who opposed the introduction of dionyus’ cult for which the god killed him19) leading greek warrior in the Trojan war who went mad after losing a contest to odysseus for achilles’ armor 20) son of Laertes and husband of Penelope. Father of Telemachus, king of ithica and fave of athene. He was celebrated for his victory among greek forces in troy, the fall which he engineered. Hero of the Odyssey he demonstrated endurance and adaptability that determined his return to ithica. 22) priest of apollo26) a Cyclops, cannibalist giant tht odysseus blinded and who retaliated with a curse by his dad poseidon27) hermes’ roman name. messenger of olympus’28) blind Theban prophet who had temporarily been changed into a woman giving him the chance to settle a dispute between hera and zeus…hera blinded him for his candid answer and zeus gave him long life and insight34) daughter of harmonia and king Cadmus (founder of thebes) she is sister of Semele, ino, and autonoe and the mother of Pentheus39) founder and king of thebes husband of harmonia father of Agave, antonoe and ino.when he was young he slew a dragon following athena’s orders and planted its teeth from which warriors emerged. They fought among themselves till only 5 were left and they were the ones tht helped build thebes. 40) son of cronus and gaia, hubby of hera, aka Jupiter, kingo of gods, Jupiter (also known as Jove, and called Zeus in Greek mythology) directs the general progress of Aeneas’s destiny, ensuring that Aeneas is never permanently thrown off his course toward Italy. Jupiter’s demeanor is controlled and levelheaded compared to the volatility of Juno and Venus.42) aphrodite 45) son of one of helen’s suitors and beloved friend of Achilles who he accompanied to troy. His death made Achilles return to war.48) : judgment b/t hera, athene and Aphrodite. son of priam and Hecuba young bro of hector, ang chose Aphrodite who gave him Helen but caused Trojan war. Andromache: wife of Hector. And mom of astyanax 49) sorceress wife of Jason who helped him get golden fleece. He abandonded her for a greek wife and she poisoned the woman and creon and killed her sons. 50) hera52) bro of zeus, god of sea and earthquakes uses his trident to start up storms. 53) Italian king and suitor of lavinia and killed by aeneas for slaying pallas 54) witch who turns men into pigs. She instructed odysseus on way to hades and warned him of Scylla and charybdis Across: 5) : King of Corinth, father of creusa in medea who is to be married to Jason, and later dies because Madeas poison. Brother of jocasta, oedipus’ mom/wife. 6) son of Andromache and hector. During war his mom hid him in tomb but he was found7) : father of Achilles by thetis… thetis deserted the two. 9) first emperor of roman empire 11) son of zeus and leto. He is god of light, music, prophecy and arts. Famous shrine is in delphi 15) son of Atreus and brother of meneleus, he was commander in chief of the greek expedition against troy. Murdered by his wife Clytemnestra he was avenged by his children orestes and electra. 16) : son of Zeus and nyph maia . his father’s messenger and an embodiment of extreme mobility. The guide of dead souls, he was also patron of travelers, merchants and thieves. 18) golden fleece married medea and then tried to divorce her but he felt her wrath. He died alone21) prophet who accompanied the Acheans to troy. 23) goddess embodying female sexuality who held odysseus captive for 7 years.24) zeus25) Amphitryon begins with a prologue given by the god Mercury, in which he gives some background information to the audience. Amphitryon and his slave Sosia have been away at war and are returning to Thebes. Meanwhile, the god Jupiter is sleeping with Amphitryon’s wife Alcmena. Jupiter is in the guise of Amphitryon so that Alcmena is unaware that he is not her husband.29) captive of Achilles whom Agamemnon confiscated causing wrath tht started illiad’s action.30) wife of odysseus, model of loyal and prudent wife. 31) priestess who acted as Apollo’s prophet at Delphic. She is the most sacred prophetic in greece32) mythological Egyptian bird tht dies and turns to flames yet new bird born from its ashes. In ILLIAD, it is achilles’ old teacher who tries to persuade the hero to rejoin his comrades in troy. 33) son of aeneas by Trojan princess creusa aka iulus. 35) greek tragedian wrote the Theban plays (Oedipus and Antigone)36) human sexual desire, mother of Aeneas but leaves him and his shepard prince father. She promises Helen to paris in exchange for golden apple tht says most beautiful on it.37) : son of hera in Hesiod or in homer’s version son of hera and zeus. God of fire and the forge, the master of metalcraft who built Olympians palace and fashioned armor for Achilles. He married Aphrodite but she loved ares 38) island kingdom of odysseus the rule of which was bestowed on him by Laertes his dad41) : guides aeneas through hades. 43) most beautiful woman. meneleus’ wife, daughter of Zeus and Leda (sister of clymenstra), her legal dad, tyndareus, made her suitors swear oath to uphold her marriage to whoever she selected, which bound many greeks when paris took her to troy. 44) : greek tragedian wrote MEDEA46) queen and founder of carthage she befriended aeneas and they had a thing but he left her bc Jupiter told him to and she killed herself. 47) hera51) king of troy and father of Hector, paris and Cassandra and 50 more53) sea nymph mom of Achilles with peleus55) son of sea nymph thetis and the mortal Peleus in Illiad he is most formidable greek warrior at Troy56) city state such as Sparta and athens57) Trojan prince father of aeneas by Aphrodite 58) son of Laius and jocasta father of Antigone and ismene and king of thebes; myth shows human’s inability to circumvent the gods’ will/59) son of Aphrodite and mortal Trojan prince. He is hero of aeneid. After fall of troy he travlled to Italy where he founded a dynasty tht produced founders of rome Romulus and remus.
 

 

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