Greek Gods Crossword and Word Search Puzzles

Directions: Find all 14 gods in the puzzle. Names are hidden right, down, or diagonally.

1. King of the Gods
   
2. Goddess of Marriage
   
3. God of the Sea
   
4. Lord of the Dead
   
5. Goddess of Grain
   
6. Goddess of Beauty
   
7. Goddess of the Hearth
   
8. Messenger God, Thief
   
9. God of (Violent) War
   
10. Blacksmith God
    
11. Goddess of Wisdom, War
    
12. God of Light, Music, Reason
    
13. Goddess of Wild Animals
    
14. God of Wine
    

V Q E R D S I Y N X A E P K O S H
J A R P M I O S Y F U N H A D E S
I P L X A P H R O D I T E V U C W
G O O P R E H I Z E E W S A D B O
R L A S T L X E C L O A T H E N A
U L T Y E W N J P K Q U I W M I R
K O Q A M I V C R H E R A B E N E
N I B L I U D Z R S A V T Q T O S
T Z E U S Y G O F X E I N P E M K
S E B R O D I O N Y S O S H R Q I
V U I F T J A D Z E G H O T K W E
G Q O B S C E R T W H Z U N O F P
W N E L R Y O N V U H E R M E S X

Teachers: Get the printable Greek Gods word search, a version with god names listed, or the answer key.

ACROSS

• 2. He keeps a 3-headed dog.
  
• 4. Her sacred bird is a peacock.
  
• 10. Earth-Shaker ________.
  
• 11. He packs a mean thunderbolt.
  
• 12. He is totally lame.
  
• 13. She is a real homebody.
  
• 14. She misses her daughter.

DOWN

• 1. Men are from _____, in Greek.
  
• 3. His fangirls are called Maenads.
  
• 5. She looks after Odysseus.
  
• 6. His oracle is at Delphi.
  
• 7. She was born from "sea-foam."
  
• 8. God of thieves and merchants.
  
• 9. She protects animals and children.
  

Teachers: Get the printable Crossword Puzzle, an online version, or the answer key.

Stars (*) mark the twelve gods of Olympus, the Olympian gods (See below on why there seems to be 13). Hover cursor over links for quick facts on each god, or click links for in-depth entries on The Theoi Project, a great site which translates ancient sources.

• Greek Name
• *Zeus
• *Hera
• *Poseidon
• *Athena
• *Demeter
• *Aphrodite
• *Hermes
• *Apollo
• *Artemis
• *Ares
• *Hephaistos
• †Dionysos
• †Hestia
• Hades
• Persephone
• Eros
• Asklepios
• Nike
• Ouranos
• Gaia
• Kronos
• Rhea
• Helios
• Selene
• Herakles
• Odysseus
• Kirke
• Oidipous
• Perikles
• Aischylos

• Latin/Roman Name
• Jupiter, Jove
• Juno
• Neptune
• Minerva
• Ceres
• Venus
• Mercury
• Apollo
• Diana
• Mars
• Vulcan
• Bacchus
• Vesta
• Pluto
• Proserpina
• Cupid
• Aesculapius
• Victoria
• Uranus
• Tellus
• Saturn
• Ops
• Sol
• Luna
• Hercules
• Ulysses
• Circe
• Oedipus
• Pericles
• Aeschylus

Don't see the name you need? Check these charts on Encyclopedia Mythica or MessageNet.

Oddly enough, while there was a Cult of the Twelve Olympian Gods, Greek writers do not always list the same twelve!

To make matters worse, Greek artists often skip name tags...

One Fine Day on Mt. Olympus

Greek Gods on the Parthenon Frieze, Elgin Marbles collection, now in the British Museum.
Photo of Hera and Zeus by Yair Haklai; Athena and Hephaistos by Marie-Lan Nguyen.

The twelve Olympian gods usually include: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Aphrodite, Ares, Hermes, Hephaistos, Athena, Apollo, Artemis.

Dionysos and/or Hestia are often among the twelve. While it is now popular to say that Hestia gave up her seat to Dionysos, no ancient writer mentions this.

Hades is usually not on the list. It would be strange for the God of the Dead to be hanging out in the home of the immortals.