| A) A woman insidiously seductive; temptress; These sweet-voiced sea nymphs would lure sailors onto the rocks with their enchanting songs. (noun) |
| B) In the Aeneid, a priestess who delivered a prophesy that led Aeneas to his father in the Underworld. (noun) |
| C) To tease or torment by showing something desirable and keeping it just out of reach; Tantalus so offended the gods that he was condemned in the afterlife to an eternity of hunger and thirst. (verb) |
| D) Relating to love freed from sexual desire; The Greek philosopher, Plato, believed that physical objects are weak representations of their ideal form. (adj.) |
| E) A delicious drink; a sweet liquid that is the chief raw material of honey; Beverage of the gods like the divine food, ambrosia, conferring immortality on any mortal lucky enough find it. (noun) |
| F) Completed sealed; airtight; Hermes was the god who conducted souls to the judges of the Underworld where the afterlife of people was determined. (adj.) |
| G) Eloquent, clever, quick and shrewd; A god usually appearing with winged feet and hat who was the messenger to other gods. (adj.) |
| H) Daringly original or creative; Prometheus protected the human race from Zeus and taught them all the arts and skills to make humans unique. He stole fire from heaven but Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where a vulture attacked him. (noun) |
| I) Designed or acting to secure conformity at any cost; ruthless; This robber stretched or amputated his victims legs to make the body fit a bed. (adj.) |
| J) Tranquil; happy; idyllic; A Greek word for kingfisher, a bird of classical legend, that the Greeks believed could nest at sea and have a peaceful, calming effect on the waves. (adj.) |
| K) Ambiguous; obscure; The oracle of Apollo in Delphi made pronouncements in ancient times. (noun) |
| L) Extremely severe or cruel; Draco, an Athenian legislator in the 600s B.C., was noted for the severity of his code of laws. (adj.) |
| M) Plants of a specified region or time; The name of the goddess of spring and flowering plants, esp. wild flowers and plants not raised for food. (noun) |
| N) Something extremely pleasing to taste or smell; Homer, in the Iliad, said that Zeus sent out his workers every day to bring back this delicious substance. (noun) |
| O) A ballad usually with lyrics set to rhythm; She was a sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years on her lush and hidden island of Ogygia. (noun) |
| P) A very tall strong woman; In the Iliad, written by Homer, this race of female warriors was known for being extremely fierce fighters. (noun) |
