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var def = new Array("There is no word beginning with that letter", "(a-KEE-a)  A district of modern Greece.  The name goes back to the Heroic Age.", "(ACK-uh-ron)  One of the rivers of the Underworld.  Also the modern name of a river in Greece, still reputed to give access to Hades.", "(a-KILL-eez)  Best fighter of the Greeks besieging Troy in the Trojan War.  Killed by the Trojan Paris with the help of the god Apollo.", "(a-KRISS-ee-us)  King of Argos, father of Danae and brother of King Proetus of Tiryns.", "(a-KROP-uh-lis)  The citadel of Athens.", "(ee-EE-teez)  King of Colchis, brother of Circe, father of Medea and taskmaster of Jason.", "(i-JEE-an)  The sea between the Greek mainland and Asia Minor (modern Turkey).  Some derive the name from King Aegeus.","(EE-joos)  King of Athens, father of Theseus and husband of Medea.  Kills himself, believing Theseus has been sacrificed to the Minotaur.", "(EE-thra)  Daughter of the king of Troezen and mother of the hero Theseus.", "(alk-MEE-nee)  Mother of Hercules and Iphicles.", "(al-cee-OH-nee-an)  Bottomless lake.  In the vicinity, or perhaps even part, of the swamps of Lerna in which Heracles fought the Hydra.", "(AM-uh-zonz)  Mythological warrior women.  Renowned hunters and fighters.", "(am-BROH-zhuh)  A delicacy of the gods.  May have been made of honey, water, fruit, cheese, olive oil and barley.", "(am-fi-TRY-tee)  A daughter of Nereus, the Old Man of the Sea.  Said to have honored Theseus with a jeweled crown.", "(a-OR-num)  A location in western Greece in or near the valley of the River Acheron.","(a-fro-DYE-tee)  The goddess of love.  Known to the Romans as Venus.", "(uh-POL-oh)  God of prophesy, music and healing.","(ar-KAY-dee-uh)  A mountainous region in central Greece.  In romantic poetry, a pastoral idyll of shepherds and nymphs.","(AIR-eez)  The god of war, known to the Romans as Mars; wounded in battle by Hercules.","(AR-goh)  The ship that bore Jason to Colchis in quest of the Golden Fleece.  His shipmates were called the Argonauts in consequence.","(AR-guh-nawts)  The group of heroes (and one heroine, Atalanta) who sailed with Jason after the Golden Fleece. They encountered both the Clashing and the Wandering Rocks, as well as the Sirens.","(AR-gohs)  A kingdom of the Heroic Age.  A Greek town still bears the name today.","(AR-gus)  The shipwright who built the Argo for Jason.","- A mythological character with more than the usual number of eyes.  Also called Argus All-Seeing.","(air-ee-AD-nee)  The daughter of King Minos whose help made it possible for Theseus to slay the Minotaur and survive.","(air-is-TEE-us)  A minor god, the son of Apollo, whose unwanted attentions caused Eurydice to step on a poisonous snake and die.","(AR-ti-mis)  Virgin goddess of the hunt.  One of the Olympians.","(at-uh-LAN-tuh)  Abandoned at birth by a father who wanted a son, Atalanta became a great heroine.  One of the Argonauts.","(a-THEE-nuh)  Goddess of crafts and the domestic arts and also those of war.  Patron goddess of Athens.  One of the Olympians. She aided Perseus against Medusa, Hercules against the Stymphalian birds; gave Bellerophon the golden bridle with which he tamed Pegasus and Jason the prow for his ship.","(ATH-inz)  In history, the principal city of Greece (vying at times with Sparta for political supremacy).  In mythology, ruled by Theseus.","(at-LAN-tis)  According to Plato, an advanced civilization that sank beneath the waves, a legend based perhaps on Minoan Crete.","(AT-las)  A Titan who supported the heavens by means of a pillar on his shoulders.  He divulged the whereabouts of the Graeae to Perseus and was temporarily relieved of his burden by Heracles.","(BAK-us) Roman name of Dionysus, the Olympian god of wine.","(beh-LAIR-uh-fon)  Heroic tamer of the flying horse Pegasus and vanquisher of the Chimaera.","- The shore of this inland sea north of the Asian portion of modern Turkey was the mythological land of the Amazons and the Golden Fleece.","- The period between the Stone Age and the Iron Age when humankind made implements of an alloy of copper and tin.","- Sport or ritual that may have been practiced in ancient Crete, featuring acrobatic feats over the horns and back of a bull.","(CAD-mus)  Phoenician founder of Thebes, brother of Europa.","(SEEN-yoos)  Originally the maiden Caenis, changed by Poseidon into an invulnerable fighter.  Killed by the centaurs.","(SEE-nis)  A maiden transformed by Poseidon into the invulnerable fighter Caeneus.","(CASS-ter)  Mortal brother of Polydeuces, together the Dioscuri or Hero Twins.","(SEN-tawrz)  Descendants of Centaurus, half-horse and half-man.  Fought with Lapiths at the wedding feast of Peirithous and destroyed the invulnerable Caeneus.","(sen-TAWR-us)  Progenitor of the centaurs, son of Ixion and a cloud devised by Zeus to impersonate Hera.","(SUR-buh-rus)  Hades' guard dog, related to the Chimaera and the Hydra, whose drool was used in Medea's attempt to poison Theseus.  Carried up from Hades by Hercules as one of the hero's Labors.","(SIR-eez) Roman name of Demeter, the Olympian goddess of agriculture.","(CARE-on)  Ferryman of the dead across the River Styx, a bribe for whom in the mouth of corpse persisted into modern times.","(kuh-RIB-dis)  Mythological whirlpool off the coast of Sicily.  Together with Scylla, one of twin perils faced by Odysseus.","(kye-MEE-ruh)  Fire-breathing monster combining lion, snake and goat, related to Cerberus and the Hydra.","(KYE-ron)  Kindly centaur, tutor of Jason and Hercules.","(SUR-see)  Enchantress of divine lineage, sister of King Aeetes of Colchis, friend and advisor to Odysseus.","- Twin crags (the Symplegades) that menaced Jason and the Argonauts.  Different from the Wandering Rocks.","(COL-chis)  The kingdom of Aeetes on the mysterious periphery of the Heroic world.","(CORE-inth)  City commanding the narrow neck of land that links the major regions of Greece, ruled in myth by Jason's uncle Pelias.","(KREET or KREE-tee)  Large Aegean island.  Site of Bronze Age high culture known as Minoan.","(KREE-sus)  Historical king of proverbial wealth.  His ancient realm lies within present-day Turkey.","(KROH-nus)  Titan father of Zeus.  His son usurped him as ruler of the gods.","(KYOO-pid) Roman name of the love god Eros.","(sye-KLOH-peez)  Plural of Cyclops.","(SYE-klops)  One-eyed giant of the race that built Olympus for the gods.  Plural:  Cyclopes.","(DEED-uh-lus or DED-uh-lus)  Master craftsman who left Athens to serve King Minos of Crete.  Builder of the Labyrinth.","(DAN-ay-ee)  Mother of Perseus by Zeus, who entered her locked room in a shower of gold.","(duh-NAY-i-deez) The fifty daughters of King Danaus of Argos, all but one of whom murdered their husbands on their wedding night.","(DAN-ay-us)  King of Argos, who instructed his fifty daughters to kill their husbands on their wedding night.","- Period, roughly twelfth to ninth centuries B.C.E., following the destruction of the Mycenaean kingdoms.","(DELL-fye)  Shrine of Apollo and site of the famous Oracle, whose often inscrutable advise was sought down into historical times.","(dee-MEE-tur)  Goddess of agriculture, sister of Zeus, mother of Persephone.","(DYE-uh)  Small island off Iraklion, Crete, just beyond the harbor of ancient Knossos.","(dye-AN-uh) Roman name of Artemis, the Olympian goddess of the hunt.","(DIK-tee)  Cretan mountain, site of the cave (which can still be visited today) in which Zeus was born.","(DIK-tis)  Fisherman or shepherd of Seriphos, protector of Perseus and, after the death of King Polydectes, ruler of the island kingdom.","(dye-oh-NYE-sus)  God of wine, son of Zeus and Semele, rescuer of Ariadne after she had been abandoned by Theseus.","(dye-us-KOO-ree)  The Hero Twins of Sparta, Castor and Polydeuces, brothers of Helen of Troy.","(DOR-ee-unz)  Iron Age invaders of Greece, destroyers of Mycenae and other kingdoms according to one theory partly supported by myth.","(DRY-adz)  Nymphs who lived in trees and died when the tree died.","- The goddess of the Earth, known as Ge or Gaia.  Mother of the Titans, Cyclopes and Giants.","- Nymph condemned by Pan (or, alternatively, by Hera) to speak only when echoing the words of others.","(i-LEE-zhun or ee-LEE-zhun)  Paradise of the heroes, either in the Underworld or in the far West.","(EF-i-ruh)  Original name of Corinth.","(ep-i-DAW-rus)  Ancient Greek city, site of a magnificent fourth century B.C.E. theater where plays are still performed.","(EER-oss or AIR-oss)  A god of love whose Roman name was Amor or Cupid.","(yoo-ROH-pa)  Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus in the form of a bull.  Mother of King Minos.","(yoo-RID-i-see)  Nymph, wife of Orpheus.  Died of a snakebite while pursued by Aristaeus.","(yoo-RISS-thyoos)  Cousin of Hercules who assigned him his Labors.  King of Mycenae only because Hera delayed Hercules' birth.","(ASS-fuh-del)  Dwelling place of most of the shades in Hades.  Asphodel was an ugly weed with a pretty name."," Combustible process with uses both sacred and practical in Greek myth and history.","- Female spirits who tormented evil-doers, particularly those who had committed some crime against a family member.","- Monstrous children of the goddess Earth.  Besieged Olympus, perhaps in revenge for Zeus's overthrow of the Titans.","(GLAW-kus)  Son of King Minos of Crete.  Died and was brought back to life by the seer Polyeidus.","- One name by which we of modern times describe the feminine supreme power worshipped by early humankind.","- The wooly coat of a magical flying ram, sought by Jason and the Argonauts in a quest.","(GOR-gunz or GOR-gonz)  Monstrous sisters with snakes for hair, tusks like boars and lolling tongues.  The only mortal one of the three was Medusa.","(GREE-ee)  Two (or three) sisters, hags (or swan-like) from birth, with but one eye and one tooth in common.","- One name by which we of modern times describe the feminine supreme power worshipped by early humankind.","- Another name by which we of modern times describe the feminine supreme power worshipped by early humankind.","(HAY-deez)  God of the dead, ruler of the Underworld, which was known as Hades after the god. (See next entry.) Hades abducted Persephone, who became his queen. He tricked Theseus and Peirithous and was tricked himself by Sisyphus.","(HAY-deez)  Realm of the dead, either in the far West of the world known to the early Greeks or underground - or both.","(HAR-peez)  Smelly birds with the faces of women, who defiled the food of King Phineus of Salmydessus.","(HEK-tor)  Trojan prince.  More noble than the prideful Achilles, paramount warrior of the Greeks beseiging Troy.","- Spartan princess, whose elopement caused the Trojan War.  Memorialized in a famous phrase of the poet Marlowe.","(HEL-ee)  Theban princess saved from sacrifice by a golden flying ram.  Becoming dizzy on the animal's back, she fell into the sea.","(HEL-es-pont)  Strait connecting the Black Sea and the Aegean.  Legendarily named for Helle.","(he-FEE-stus or he-FESS-tus)  God of fire and crafts or the two together, hence of blacksmiths.  Limped owing to a fall from Olympus.","(HEE-ruh)  Goddess of marriage, wife of Zeus, Queen of the Olympians. She sent snakes to attack infant Hercules and stirred up the Amazons against him. She aided Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece.","(HAIR-a-kleez)  Most famous of Greek mythological heroes.  See next entry.","(HUR-kyoo-leez)  Roman name of Heracles.  The epitome of heroic strength, courage and perseverance.  Cousin of Theseus.  One of the Argonauts.","(HUR-meez)  A prankster and inventive genius from birth, Hermes was the herald of the gods and guide of dead souls to the Underworld.","- Heroic Spartan brothers, the Dioscuri, who rescued their sister Helen from Theseus and sailed with the Argonauts.","- A time, as conceived by the early Greeks of a subsequent era, when individuals unique in courage, strength and physical beauty performed their exploits.","(hes-PER-i-deez)  Nymphs who kept watch in their garden over golden apples given to Hera as a wedding present, later taken by Hercules.","(HESS-tee-uh)  Goddess of hearth, home and family.","(hip-uh-da-MYE-uh)  Maiden whom King Polydectes claimed he was going to marry, as a ruse to disguise his intentions toward Perseus's mother.","(hi-POL-i-tus)  One of the Giants, slain by Hermes while wearing the helmet of invisibility.","(HOH-mur)  Traditionally, a blind minstrel or bard, who sang (or performed to music) epic poems set in the Heroic Age.","(HYE-druh)  A many-headed monster slain by Hercules in the swamps of Lerna.  Related to the Chimaera and Cerberus.","(HYE-lus)  One of the Argonauts, squire of Hercules, who was pulled into a pool by its nymphs and either drowned or lived underwater with them.","(ih-CAIR-ee-an)  Body of water off the island of Crete, named after Icarus who fell here after soaring too near the sun on wings of feathers and wax.","(IK-uh-rus)  Son of Daedalus who dared to fly too near the sun on wings of feathers and wax.","(EYE-oh)  Princess of Argo, transformed into a heifer by Zeus in order to hide her from the jealous Hera.","(eye-OB-uh-teez)  King of Lycia who thought to comply with a request to do away with Bellerophon by sending him after the Chimaera.","(eye-oh-LAY-us)  Son of Iphicles, nephew of Hercules, whose charioteer he was.  Aided Hercules in his battle with the Hydra.","(eye-AWL-kus) Thessalian city from which Jason and the Argonauts set out after the Golden Fleece.","(IF-i-kleez)  Brother of Hercules (although it was understood that, unlike Iphicles, Hercules was the son of Zeus rather than the mortal husband of his mother).","(iks-EYE-on)  A king who murdered his father-in-law, was purified of the crime by Zeus and proved himself unworthy of the favor.","(JAY-sun)  Leader of the Argonauts, a team of heroes who journeyed from Greece to distant Colchis in quest of the Golden Fleece.","(YOOK-tas)  Mountain near Iraklion, Crete, and ancient Knossos.","(JOO-noh) Roman name of Hera, queen of the Olympian gods.","(JOO-pih-tur) Roman name of Zeus, king of the Olympian gods.","(KASS-tree-uh)  A present-day Greek village in the district of Achaia.","(KASS-tree-uh kuh-LAHV-ree-tuh)  The Cave of the Lakes in the Greek district of Achaia, rich in mythological tradition.","(NOSS-us)  An ancient palace or religious center from the Minoan period on the island of Crete, near modern Iraklion.","(LAB-i-rinth)  A fiendishly intricate maze devised by Daedalus to house the Minotaur.  The Labyrinth may have been inspired by travelers' tales of ancient Knossos.","(luh-KOH-nee-uh)  A region of far southern Greece.","(LAY-don)  A many-headed dragon who guarded the golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides.  Killed by Hercules.","(LAP-iths)  A tribe in Thessaly, of whom at one point Theseus's friend Peirithous was king.","(LUR-nuh)  Village where the 'Spring of the Hydra' is still pointed out today.","(LEE-thee)  A river of the Underworld whose waters induced forgetfulness.","(LISH-ee-a)  An ancient kingdom in Asia Minor (the Asian portion of modern Turkey).","(LID-ee-a)  A region ruled in ancient times by King Croesus, centrally located in what is today Turkey.","- Plain north of Athens, site of a famous Greek victory over the Persians, news of which was announced to the Athenians by a man who ran all the way (hence the name of the modern footrace).","(MARZ) Roman name of Ares, the Olympian god of war.","(mee-DEE-uh or meh-DEE-uh)  Famous sorceress, daughter of King Aeetes.  Helper of Jason, enemy of Theseus.","(meh-DOO-suh)  The sole mortal of the monstrous Gorgons.  Had the power of turning to stone whomsoever she gazed upon.  Killed by Perseus.","(meh-LAM-pus)  Seer who cared for snakes whose mother had died, awoke to find them licking his ears and gained the ability to understand the language of animals and insects.","(mel-TEM-ee)  The steady northerly wind of high summer in Greece and the Aegean Sea.","(meh-neh-LAY-us)  One of the leaders of the Greeks who besieged Troy to retrieve his wife Helen from the Trojan Paris.","(MUR-cyoor-ree) Roman name of Hermes, the Olympian messenger god.","(MYE-das)  Phrygian king who did a favor for Dionysus and was granted what has since been called the Midas touch.","(mih-NER-vuh) Roman name of Athena, the Olympian goddess of crafts and war.","(mi-NOH-an)  Of or pertaining to the Bronze Age culture of Crete as exemplified by archaeological discoveries at Knossos.  Named after King Minos.","(MYE-nos)  King of Crete whose insult to the gods eventuated in the birth of the Minotaur.  Had Daedalus build the Labyrinth.","(MIN-uh-tawr)  A monster, half-man, half-bull, born of Queen Pasiphae's god-inflicted infatuation with a bull.  Terror of the Labyrinth.","(mye-SEE-nee)  Real city of the Heroic Age, of great wealth as revealed by archaeology.  In myth, said to have been founded by Perseus.","(mye-seh-NEE-an)  Period of high cultural achievement, forming the backdrop and basis for subsequent myths of the heroes.  Cut short by widespread destruction ushering in the Greek Dark Age.","(NYE-adz or NAY-adz)  Nymphs (young and beautiful female sprites) of springs, ponds and rivers.","(nar-SISS-us)  Handsome youth who was caused to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool for breaking the heart of the nymph Echo.","(NAK-sos)  Island in the Aegean Sea.","(NEK-tur)  Beverage of the gods, which (like the divine food ambrosia) conferred immortality on any mortal lucky enough to partake of it.","(NEE-mee-un or nee-MEE-un)  Preternatural beast with an impenetrable pelt, nevertheless vanquished by Hercules as one of his Labors.","(NEP-toon) Roman name of Poseidon, the Olympian god of the sea.","(NEE-ree-ids)  The fifty daughters of the sea-god Nereus, one of whom bestowed a crown upon Theseus. The Nerieds saved the Argonauts from the Wandering Rocks.","(NEE-ryoos)  Sea-god, thought of as being very old and correspondingly wise.  Father of the Nereids.","(NESS-us)  Centaur killed by Hercules with arrows dipped in Hydra venom.  Tricked the hero's wife into saving his blood for a potion that ultimately killed the hero when he donned a shirt dipped in it.","- Godly personification of the wind blowing from the North.  Father of two of the Argonauts.","(NIMFS)  Young and beautiful female spirits of trees, water and other aspects of nature.  Neither human nor immortal.","- A river, personified as a god, which ushered from the Underworld and flowed around the flat earth in a circle.","(oh-DISS-ee-us or oh-DISS-yoos)  King of an island off the western coast of Greece.  One of the heroes who fought at Troy.  Encountered many perils on his homeward trip - among them a Cyclops and the Sirens.","(EE-di-pus or ED-i-pus)  King of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother.","(uh-LIM-pee-uns or oh-LIM-pee-uns)  The supreme gods of the Greek pantheon, who were thought to dwell on the heights of Mount Olympus.","(uh-LIM-pus or oh-LIM-pus)  Mountain in northern Greece, rising to multiple peaks of over 9000 feet.  Generally thought of as the home of the supreme gods.  (However, a myth in which two giants piled other mountains on top of Olympus to attack the gods suggests that they were also conceived of as living somewhere in the sky.)","(OHR-a-kul)  The answer given by a god to a question asked by a mortal supplicant.  Or the place where the answer was given.  Or the human agent conveying the divine response.","(oh-RYE-un)  Legendary hunter, killed by his companion, the goddess Artemis, who was tricked into shooting an arrow at something bobbing far out to sea - the head of the swimming Orion.","(OHR-fee-us or OHR-fyoos)  Minstrel whose music was so sweet trees would uproot themselves to follow in his footsteps.  Charming Charon and Cerberus, he attempted to rescue his wife Eurydice from Hades. He saved the Argonauts from the Sirens.","(PAK-toh-lus)  Phrygian river whose deposits of gold were attributed to Midas's washing away of his golden touch.  Source of the wealth of the historical Croesus.","- Shepherd god, son of Hermes, with legs and horns of a goat.","(PAR-is)  Trojan prince who caused the Trojan War by carrying off Helen, wife of the Greek Menelaus.","(PAR-the-non)  The temple of Athena on the Acropolis of Athens.","(pa-SIF-ay-ee)  Wife of King Minos of Crete.  Her husband's sacrilege caused her to be punished by giving birth to the Minotaur.","(PEG-uh-sus)   Winged horse, born from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa when she was decapitated by Perseus.  Tamed by Bellerophon.","(pye-REE-nee)  Spring or fountain in Corinth, favorite watering hole of the flying horse Pegasus.","(pye-RITH-oh-us)  King of the Lapiths, great friend of Theseus.  Led his people in a war against the centaurs.","(PEL-ee-us)  King of Iolcus who sent Jason after the Golden Fleece.  Killed by his own daughters owing to the trickery of Medea.","(per-i-FEE-teez)  Club-wielding outlaw from Epidaurus, killed by Theseus.","(pur-SEF-uh-nee)  Beautiful daughter of Zeus and Demeter.  Carried off to the Underworld by Hades.  Sometimes considered an Olympian. She paroled Sisyphus from the Underworld. Peirithous and Theseus attempted to abduct her.","(PUR-see-us or PURS-yoos)  Son of Zeus, heroic vanquisher of the Gorgon Medusa.","(FEE-druh)  Daughter of Cretan King Minos and sister of Ariadne.  Married Theseus.","(FIN-yoos or FIN-ee-us)  King of Salmydessus who, in thanks to the Argonauts for ridding him of the Harpies, warned them of the Clashing Rocks.","(fee-NISH-unz, fih-NISH-unz or fih-NEESH-unz)  Historically, famous seafarers from the region of modern Syria, Lebanon and Israel who may well have helped found Thebes in Greece, as reflected in the myth of Cadmus.","(FOH-lus)  Most civilized of the actual centaurs (Chiron being of another lineage).  Died by dropping one of Hercules's poisoned arrows on his foot.","(FRIK-sus)  Prince who was saved on the point of sacrifice by a flying ram.  Later hung the ram's golden fleece in a grove in Colchis.","(FRIJ-ee-a)  Large region in what is now Turkey.","(PLAY-toh)  Famous Greek philosopher.  Lived from about 429-347 B.C.E.","(PLOO-toh) Roman name of the god Hades, ruler of the Underworld.","(POL-uks)  Roman name of Polydeuces, one of the Dioscuri or Hero Twins.  Part of the constellation, Castor and Pollux.","(pol-i-DEK-teez)  King of Seriphos who sent Perseus after Medusa's head, by which he, Polydectes, was ultimately turned to stone.","(pol-i-DYOO-seez)  Brother of Castor, together the Dioscuri or Hero Twins.  Better known by his Roman name Pollux.","(pol-ee-AYE-dus)  Seer (clairvoyant or prophet) descended from Melampus.  Advised Perseus how to tame Pegasus. Served King Minos.","(pol-i-MEE-dee)  According to some sources, the mother of Jason.","(pol-i-FEE-mus)  Cyclops who captured and almost devoured Odysseus.  Prevailed upon his father Poseidon to delay the hero's return home.","(puh-SYE-dun or poh-SYE-dun)  Brother of Zeus.  God of the sea.  An Olympian.","(proh-KRUS-teez)  A host who adjusted his guests to their bed, chopping or stretching as appropriate.  Done in by Theseus.","(proh-EE-tus)  King of Tiryns, brother of Perseus's grandfather, King Acrisius of Argos.  Hoping to cause Bellerophon's death, sent him on the journey that led to the hero's triumph over the Chimaera.","(proh-MEE-thee-us or proh-MEE-thyoos)  Titan, benefactor of humankind.  Chained by Zeus to a rock where an eagle picked at his liver.","- British author of novels bringing the Greek myths to vibrant life, among them 'The King Must Die' and 'The Bull From the Sea', which concern the hero Theseus.","(sal-mi-DESS-us)  Actual ancient city on the Black Sea, erroneously located on the Hellespont in the myth involving King Phineas and the Argonauts.","(san-to-REE-nee)  Aegean island, previously known as Thera, constituting the collapsed cone of a volcano.","(SAY-turz or SAT-urz)  Woodland spirits who looked like men with various animal features such as horses' tails or goats' legs.","(SKY-ron)  Bandit who made travelers stop to wash his feet, then kicked them over a cliff while they were doing so.  Killed by Theseus.","(SIL-uh)  A beautiful maiden transformed into a monster sometimes described as having six dogs' heads on long necks.  Menaced Odysseus when he passed her lair off the coast of Sicily.","- The maritime highway upon which many a hero set forth to adventure and by which the Ancient Greeks spread their civilization.","(SEM-uh-lee)  Princess of Thebes, mother of Dionysus, referred to as a heroine by G.S. Kirk in 'The Nature of Greek Myths'.","(sur-AYE-fus)  Island in the Aegean Sea.","-The insubstantial remains of the dead, a phantom without a body or the power of thought.","- Places at which gods or heroes were venerated.  Less elaborate than temples.","(sye-LEE-nus)  Satyr, companion to the wine god Dionysus.  Treated with respect by King Midas.","(SIN-is)  Ruffian who tied the wrists of travelers to separate bent pines, then released the trees.  Dispatched by Theseus.","(SYE-rinz)  Sweetly singing enchantresses, part woman, part bird, who lured sailors to their doom.","(SIS-i-fus)  King of Corinth, condemned in Tartarus to an eternity of rolling a boulder uphill then watching it roll back down again.","(SPAR-tuh)  City in southern Greece, mythological home of Helen and the Hero Twins.  Rival of Athens in ancient historical times.","(SFINKS)  Monster with the head of a woman and the body of a lion.  Riddled passing strangers and killed them if they answered wrong.","(sthen-uh-BEE-uh)  Wife of King Proetus of Tiryns.","(stim-FAY-lee-un)  Flying creatures with killer feathers who infested Lake Stymphalus (stim-FAY-lus) in Arcadia.  Scared off by Hercules.","(STIKS)  The principal and most famous river of Hades, generally thought of as forming the border of the Underworld. ","(sim-PLEG-uh-deez)  The Clashing Rocks, which smashed together upon any ship passing between them.  Braved by Jason and the Argonauts.","(TEE-nuh-rum)  Peninsula in southern Greece where there was a cave through which, some said, access to the Underworld was possible.","(TAN-tuh-lus)  Lydian king who offended the gods and was condemned in Tartarus to eternal hunger and thirst, with water and fruit always just out of reach.","(TAR-tuh-rus)  The Underworld zone of eternal punishment.","(THEEBZ)  Greek city, founded by Cadmus, ruled in myth by Oedipus.  There was another famous Thebes in Egypt.","(THEE-ruh)  Volcanic Aegean island which erupted disastrously during the time of the Minoan civilization of Crete.","(THEE-see-us or THEES-yoos)  Greek hero, more particularly national hero of Athens.  Slayer of the Minotaur. ","(thes-PROH-shuh)  Region in western Greece, including the valley of the Acheron, where there was an entrance to the Underworld.","(the-SAY-lee-un)  Of or pertaining to Thessaly, a region of northeastern Greece famous for its horses.","(THEE-tis or THEH-tis)  Best known of the Nereids, the fifty daughters of Nereus, the Old Man of the Sea.  Mother of Achilles.","(tye-REE-see-us)  Blind seer from Thebes.","(TIR-inz)  Ancient Greek city.  Some said the huge stones of its walls could only have been put in place by Hercules, whose myth is associated with the city.","(TYE-tunz)  Sons of Earth, older than the Gods of Olympus.  Zeus's father Cronus was a Titan.","(TREE-zun)  Greek city ruled by Theseus's grandfather.","(TROH-jan)  Of or pertaining to Troy.","- Nine-year conflict between Greeks and Trojans over Helen, wife of the Greek Menelaus who was taken to Troy from her home in Sparta by the Trojan Paris.","(TROY)  In myth, a city on the coast of what is now Turkey.  A real city on the probable site was destroyed during the Heroic Age.","(TYE-ur)  Ancient city in what is now Syria.","- Another word for Hades, Kingdom of the Dead, which was most often thought of as being underground.","(VEE-nuss) Roman name of Aphrodite, the Olympian goddess of love.","(VUL-kun) Roman name of Hephaestus, the Olympian blacksmith god.","- Two rocks in the sea somewhere near Sicily that not only wandered but crashed together on any ship passing between - just like the Clashing Rocks, but in a different location.","(ZAN-thus)  An immortal horse belonging to Achilles.","(ZOOS or ZYOOS)  Supreme god of the Olympians. Father of Perseus and Hercules.  Roman name: Jupiter.");

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