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| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hercules | 31 | Not too bright but very strong, 12 labors atoned for his doing wrong |
| 2 | Medusa | 26 | According to Ovid, this mortal was stripped of her beauty by a vengeful Athena; her original charms included non-reptilian hair |
| 3 | Pegasus | 18 | Bellerophon caught & tamed this mighty steed |
| 4 | Odysseus | 17 | After Telemachus found him, they went back home & slew Penelope's suitors |
| 5 | Cerberus | 17 | Some say this infamous guard dog had 3 heads; some say he had 50 |
| 6 | Athena | 17 | Zeus's lack of wisdom had him swallow his wife Metis when she was pregnant with this daughter born unusually, as seen here |
| 7 | Aphrodite | 17 | Hermaphroditus was the son of Hermes & this goddess of love & beauty |
| 8 | Osiris | 16 | Married to his sister Isis, this Egyptian god was king of the underworld & judge of the dead |
| 9 | Odin | 16 | His wife was Frigga |
| 10 | Apollo | 16 | The Oath of Hippocrates begins, "I swear by" this god, "the physician" |
| 11 | Thor | 15 | In Norse mythology, this son of Odin carries a hammer, a magic belt, & iron gloves |
| 12 | Atlas | 15 | After being part of a rebellion with his fellow Titans, he seemed to have the whole world on his shoulders |
| 13 | Poseidon | 13 | Neptune was the Roman god of fresh water until he became associated with this Greek god of the sea |
| 14 | Oedipus | 13 | The riddle he solved, the Sphinx is annoyed; his "complex" supports the sons of doc Freud |
| 15 | Medea | 13 | She was the royal sorceress of Colchis, niece of Circe, & wife of Jason |
| 16 | Loki | 13 | Norse god of mischief & trickery who's eventually supposed to destroy the world |
| 17 | Zeus | 12 | Son of Cronus, who later defeated his father & set up shop on Mt. Olympus |
| 18 | the Minotaur | 12 | Each year 14 Athenian boys & girls were sacrificed by being imprisoned in a maze with him |
| 19 | Paris | 12 | He deserted his beloved water nymph, Oenone, to run off with Helen of Troy |
| 20 | Pandora | 12 | Her name indicates she received "gifts from all" the gods |
| 21 | Pan | 12 | King Midas once judged a music contest between Apollo on the lyre & this guy on the pipes |
| 22 | Circe | 12 | The witch who poisoned men with wine, she changed Ulysses' crew to swine |
| 23 | Cassandra | 12 | If you constantly predict doom & gloom, you may be labeled with this name of a daughter of Priam |
| 24 | the harpies | 12 | The birdlike female monsters carried off the daughters of Pandareus & gave them to the Furies |
| 25 | Narcissus | 11 | This egocentric youth shunned lots of females, not just Echo |
| 26 | Mars | 11 | Masculine names "Mark", "Mario", & "Martin" all derive from this Roman god of war |
| 27 | Janus | 11 | Our word "janitor" is derived from this Roman god of doorways |
| 28 | Hera | 11 | The golden apples Hercules took from Atlas came from a tree that belonged to this wife of Zeus |
| 29 | Artemis | 11 | Diana was the Roman goddess of hunting & this beauty was the Greek goddess of hunting |
| 30 | the phoenix | 11 | After 500 years it kills itself in a fire & is reborn out of the ashes |
| 31 | the Hydra | 11 | One of this creature's 9 heads was immortal, so Hercules buried it |
| 32 | Helen | 11 | After Menelaus got her back from Troy, it's reported they lived happily ever after |
| 33 | the Amazons | 11 | This nation of warrior women supposedly lived around the Caucasus |
| 34 | the Aztecs | 11 | The eagle, serpent & cactus that appear on Mexican money are from legends of this civilization |
| 35 | Valhalla | 10 | The name of this banquet hall has come to describe a final resting place for great men |
| 36 | Romulus | 10 | In an argument about building Rome, he killed Remus |
| 37 | Penelope | 10 | While Ulysses was fighting the war she kept a lock on her bedroom door |
| 38 | Isis | 10 | This Egyptian goddess, who tricked Ra into giving her power, was made into a Sat. morning TV heroine |
| 39 | Helen of Troy | 10 | After the Trojan War, she returned to Menelaus & they lived happily ever after |
| 40 | Achilles | 10 | Myrmidons were ants changed into soldiers who marched into the Trojan War on the heels of this man |
| 41 | the Sphinx | 10 | An Egyptian monument or the monster of Thebes who killed those who couldn't answer her riddle |
| 42 | the Muses | 10 | In "Xanadu", Olivia Newton-John played Terpsichore, one of these 9 sisters |
| 43 | King Midas | 10 | This Phrygian king who had the power to turn all into gold was later given donkey ears by an angry Apollo |
| 44 | Prometheus | 9 | The fire he stole for mankind came from the hearth of Zeus |
| 45 | Hermes | 9 | In the "Odyssey", this god is sent by Zeus to I.M. Odysseus: I'm voting you off Calypso's island |
| 46 | a Centaur | 9 | Most of these half-men half-horses were wild & lawless |
| 47 | Cupid | 9 | This personification of love has many origins, one as the winged son of Hermes & Artemis |
| 48 | the Argo | 9 | This 50-oared ship had a rather unique non-factory feature: wood donated by Athena that could tell the future |
| 49 | Vulcan | 8 | Though he was quite unattractive, this Roman blacksmith married Venus |
| 50 | the Sun | 8 | Heavenly body most associated with Ra & Apollo |