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GRECO Terms
All the GRECO names and their clues
Name | Greco Clue |
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Achilles | A heel for a target |
Adonis | Slain by a wild boar |
Aeolus | Guardian of the winds |
Agamemnon | Greek commander-in-chief |
Antaeus | Earth-bound giant |
Antigone | Oedipus' daughter |
Aphrodite | Love goddess |
Apollo | Sun god |
Ares | God of war |
Artemis | A huntress, Apollo's twin |
Atalanta | The huntress and the golden apples |
Athena | Goddess of wisdom |
Bellerophon | Heroic horseman |
Cadmus | Founder of Thebes |
Calliope | Muse of poetry |
Cassandra | Unheeded prophetess |
Castor | Twin tamer of horses |
Cerberus | Hades' watchdog |
Daedalus | Inventor of wings and things |
Demeter | Earth goddess |
Dionysus | God of the vine |
Echo | The last word |
Endymion | The sleeping shepherd |
Eros | Love's Archer |
Hades | God of the dead |
Hecate | Dark of the moon |
Helen | The kidnapped queen of Sparta |
Hephaestus | Olympian blacksmith |
Hera | Marriage goddess |
Hercules | Laboring strongman |
Hermes | Patron of travelers |
Hestia | Hearth goddess |
Hippolyta | Amazon queen |
Hyacinthus | Apollo's floral tribute |
Hydra | Nine-headed monster |
Icarus | High flyer |
Iris | Rainbow messenger |
Ixion | Flaming sinner |
Jason | Seeker of the golden fleece |
Leda | A swan was her swain |
Medea | Jason's wife |
Medusa | Snake-haired gorgon |
Menelaus | Spartan king |
Midas | Goldfinger |
Narcissus | An ego scorns an echo |
Nemesis | Goddess of vengeance |
Nestor | Aged sage and chief |
Nike | Goddess of victory |
Niobe | Crying stone |
Odysseus | Ten years to Ithaca |
Oedipus | Fated husband-son |
Orestes | Agamemnon's avenger |
Orion | Hunter in the stars |
Orpheus | Master musician |
Pan | Goat-footed nature god |
Pandora | First woman |
Paris | Trojan kidnapper |
Pegasus | Winged horse |
Penelope | Faithful weaver |
Persephone | Goddess of spring |
Perseus | Slayer of Medusa |
Phaethon | Chariot-rider in the sky |
Polyphemus | Blinded cyclop |
Poseidon | Sea sovereign |
Priam | Trojan king |
Prometheus | Fire-bearer |
Pygmalion | Loving sculptor |
Sphinx | Monster with a riddle |
Tantalus | Forever thirsting |
Teiresias | Blind Theban prophet |
Telemachus | Odysseus' son |
Terpsichore | Dance Muse |
Theseus | Slew the Minotaur |
Triton | Poseidon's son |
Zeus | Supreme god |