Mythological Allusions Crossword
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1) strong like Atlas who carried the globe (world) on his shoulders2) wild enthusiasm or excitement, rage, fury, "ran like fury"; any one of the three Furies5) having a loud voice; after the character in the Iliad who could shout al loudly as 50 men. He engaged in a shouting match against Hermes and was put to death after losing6) Hellenistic; of or relating to Greece, or a Specialist of language or culture in Greece; symbol of a beautiful woman; from Helen of Troy, the daughter of Leda and Zeus- the cause of the Trojan War7) dark and gloomy; named after the river Styx, a river in the Underworld. The water is poisonous for human and cattle and said to break iron, metal, and pottery, though it is said a horses hoof is unharmed by it8) a horrible creature of the imagination, an absurd or impossible idea; wild fantasy; a monster with a lion's head, goat's body, and a serpent's tail, supposed to breath out fire9) goddess of wisdom, the city, and arts; patron goddess of the city of Athens13) sorceress or enchantress; helped Jason and the Argonauts capture the golden fleece; known for her revenge against Jason when he spurned her for the princess of Corinth15) a bitter white crystalline alkaloid used to relieve pain and induce sleep; was a god that could easily change form or shape16) period of unrestrained revelry; named after the ancient Roman festival of Saturn, with general feasting in revelry yin honor of the winter solstice21) suited for way or a warrior; from Mars, the roman god of war23) greedy and avaricious; from the shrew and greedy king of
Corinth who was doomed forever in Hades to roll uphill a heavy stone which always rolled down again26) a physically perfect male; god of music and light; known for his physical beauty |
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1) omniscient; all-seeing; form of Argus, the 100 eyed monster that Hara had guarding Io3) life- brining, creative, or courageously original; named after a Titan who brought a man the use of fire which he had stolen from heaven for their benefit4) to treat rubber with sulfur to increase strength and elasticity; from roman god of fore and metallurgy6) to bully; son of Priam (king of Troy), and the bravest Trojan warrior. Killed Achille's friend Patroclus 8) eager "desire" to possess something, greed or avarice; Roman god of love (Greek name Eros)10) mournful woman; whose children were slain by Apllo and Artemis because of her bragging; the gods pitied her and turned her into a rock that was always wet from weeping11) a witch or sorceress; a priestess who made known the oracles of Apollo and professed the gift of prophecy12) from King Tantalus, who reigned on Mt. Sipylus and was condemned to reside in a beautiful river with sumptuous fruits just out of reach and the water undrinkable, always tempting him as punishment for his excessive pride (he boiled his son and fed the broth to trick the gods14) carrier or tidings, a newsboy, a messenger; messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence; the fabled inventor, wore winged hat and sandals17) sluggish, gloomy, morose, interactive in winter months; named after the god Saturn, often associated with the god of the underworld 18) song of joy, a ritual epithet of Apollo the healer. In Homeric poems, an independent god of healing who took care of Hades when the latter was wounded19) a predatory person or nagging woman; from happy, a foul creature that was part woman, part bird20) of or having to do with sexual passion or love; Greek god of love. Eros22) mountain was sacred to arts and literature; any center of poetic and artistic activity; poetry or poets collectively, a common title for selection of poetry; named after the hero of Mt. Parnassus, the son of posiden and a nymph. He founded the oracle of python, which was later occupied by applo24) someone (usually a male) who tries to fashion someone into the person he desires: from a myth adapted into a play by George Bernard Shaw: a woman-hatting sculptor who makes a female figure of ivory who Aphrodite brings to life25) pertaining to dance: for Terpsichore, one of the nine muses, sometimes said to be the mother of the sirens and protector of dance27) anything pertaining to wind; god who was Keeper of Wind28) calm, peaceful, tranquil-- Archaic bird supposed to breed in a nest on the sea and calm the water, identified with the king fisher29) marked by stately beauty; comes from the word Juno, the wife of Jupiter, the goddess of light, birth, women, and marriage30) abnormal drowsiness of inertia; from the word Lethe, a river in Hades that caused drinkers to forget their past |
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