Who's Who Greek Mythology

  1. name given to Diana because she ruled over places where three roads meet
    Trivia
  2. half man, half fish called a merman and lived with parents in a golden palace at the bottom of the sea
    Triton
  3. Athenian hero sometimes called "The Attic Hercules", accomplishes 6 labors and is the husband of Hippolyta
    Theseus
  4. Odysseus and Penelope's son who is reunited with his father and helps kill the mothers suitors
    Telemachus
  5. Theban seer who is blinded by Hera or Athena for telling Oedipus of his fate
    Teirisias
  6. punished for cutting up Pelpos by being put in water that receded when he wanted to drink and under fruit he could never reach
    Tantalus
  7. Aeolus' son who was punished for revealing that Zeus abducted Aegina by having to roll a stone up a hill only to have it roll down
    Sisyphus
  8. prophetess who Apollo revealed her future and she refused to accept it so she continued to age and shriveled inside a bottle
    Sibyl
  9. famous priestess who delivered Apollo's answers tto who came to see him
    Pythia
  10. sculptor and king of Cyprus who gets a wife that changed from a statue
    Pygmalion
  11. beautiful princess who was forbidden to look at Cupid and when she did he fled by they later got married
    Psyche
  12. titan who stole fire from the gods, gave it to humans and was punished by Zeus
    Prometheus
  13. minor sea god who could change shape at will and also known as "Old Man of the Sea"
    Proteus
  14. Attican giant whose limbs were cut off by Theseus so that he would fit in an iron torture bed
    Procrustes
  15. king of Troy killed when Greeks sacked the city during the Trojan War
    Priam
  16. cyclops who killed and ate several of Odysseus men and was blinded so they could escape
    Polyphemus
  17. Helios' son who was granted his wish of driving the chariot of the sun and nearly destroyed the Earth
    Phaethon
  18. Minos and Pasiphae's daughter who married Theseus and then tried to seduce her stepeon
    Phaedra
  19. killed Medusa by cutting her head off with a sword, rescued Andromeda from a sea monster
    and won her hand in marriage
    Perseus
  20. Odysseus' long and faithful wife
    Penelope
  21. Achilles' close friend who takes his armor and is killed by Hector
    Patroclus
  22. Minos' wife who had a lustful union with the great white bull of Poseidon and birth to the Minotaur
    Pasiphae
  23. handsome prince of Troy who fled to Greece with Helen and was the judge in a beauty contest
    Paris
  24. greek god of the fields and forest who was famous for the music he played on his reed pipes
    Pan
  25. great mortal musician who played the lyre so well that he charmed the deities of the Underworld to release his wife
    Orpheus
  26. famous giant and handsome hunter whom Artemis killed and place among the stars
    Orion
  27. greek hero who fought in the Trojan War for 10 years and then took a 10 year voyage home
    Odysseus
  28. Greek goddess of victory
    Nike
  29. Tantalus' daughter who mourned the death of her children after bragging about them
    Niobe
  30. wise old Greek counselor during the Trojan War
    Nestor
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