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GRECO Terms
All the GRECO names and their clues
| Name | Greco Clue |
|---|---|
| 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 |