C-B Vocab Mythology List 1 Crossword
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Down:
1) tall, strong, bold woman (from the Amazons, mythological race of women warriors)2) unreal; impossible; absurd (from Chimera, fire-breathing goat/lion/serpent)4) one who prophecies doom or disaster; pessimist (from Cassandra, a seer gifted by Apollo whom no one ever believed)5) harsh; cruel; severe; ironhand (from Draco, harsh Athenian lawmaker)6) book of maps (from Atlas, titan who supported the heavens on his shoulders. Early maps had him holding the earth, hence the word atlas.7) shield or protection, sponsorship (from aegis, protective shield of Zeus) |
Across:
3) exceptionally pleasing taste or smell; extremely delicious (from the drink of the Greek gods, which was extremely delicious)6) pertaining to or resembling the dawn; rosy; radiant (from Aurora Roman goddess of dawn)8) jovial or wild with drunkenness (from Bacchus, Roman counterpart of Dionysius, Greek god of wine.9) very handsome young man (from Adonis, handsome youth loved by Aphrodite.) |
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