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The beginning of the world
Creation according to the ancient Greeks
Click on a number in the puzzle; enter the word in the box at the top. When you are finished with the puzzle, click "Check" at the bottom. Re-do any answers you got wrong and check again.
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1. The Greeks called her Hestia 5. The Romans considered this god to be the same as Zeus 7. Castrated his father with a sickle 9. This Roman god was thought to be the same as Hades 11. She hid one of her sons in a cave to save him from his father 13. Roman goddess considered to be the same as Aphrodite 15. Sister and wife of Zeus 16. The driving force of creation; arose from the Void along with Earth and Tartarus
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2. This Roman god was considered to be the same as the Greek Cronus 3. Roman goddess considered to be the same as the Greek Demeter 4. The Greek god Poseidon was considered to be the same as this Roman god 5. Wife of Jupiter; Roman equivalent of Hera 6. Was born of the sea foam 8. Tried to keep his own offspring from being born 10. a Greek name for Earth; personification of the feminine principle and fertility 12. Existed before anything else came into being 14. Made his father disgorge the offspring he had swallowed
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