The Problem Crossword Puzzle Answers

Here are the answers to the Tilly Greene's Mythos Masquerade Greek Mythology Crossword Puzzle questions which I handed out at this years Authors After Dark Mythos dinner.



ACROSS






 2 Goddess of the hunt, virginity, archery and all animals. (7)

Artemis



3 Penetrating warning sound. Greek sea nymph whose singing lured sailors to their destruction. (5)

Siren



5 What was left as a consolation inside Pandora's Box? (4)

Hope



7 An analgesic and sedative. [derived from the*] God of dreams. (8)

Morphine



9 They were the twins who weren't really twins. (6-3-6)

CastorandPollux



11 She was seduced by a swan. (4)

Leda



12 God of Wine, theater and ecstasy. (8)

Dionysus



13 He was a very powerful god, serial seducer, and carried a bolt of thunder. (4)

Zeus





DOWN

1 Food of the gods. (8)

Ambrosia



2 God of light, music, poetry, prophecy and archery. (6)

Apollo



4 She offered Paris the love of the world's most beautiful woman and won the golden apple inscribed 'for the fairest one'. (9)

Aphrodite



5 Married to the most beautiful goddess and he was not physically perfect. (10)

Hephaestus



6 The 12 Titans are descendents of Gaia and him. (6)

Uranus



8 Agres, Steropes and Brontes had 3 eyes between them. (8)

Cyclopes



10 Titan who carried a sickle and castrated rivals. (6)

Cronus



Hope you enjoyed figuring them out as much as I did and I'm sorry if it was more difficult than fun.  If you're in the mood for a bit more Ancient Greek mythology, I'm posting tomorrow the brain teasers I dropped in various places leading up to the conference.



Told you the other day I liked puzzles!

Tilly Greene

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