Perseus and Medusa Word Search
A free Perseus and Medusa word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the gods, heroes, and creatures of a mythology, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: PERSEUS, MEDUSA, ZEUS, DANAE, POLYDECTES, SERPENT, GORGON, ATHENA, HERMES, HADES, HELIOS, NYMPHS.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Perseus and Medusa word list, defined
- MEDUSA /mɪˈduːzə/ · proper noun
- In Greek mythology, one of the three Gorgons, depicted with snakes for hair and a gaze that turns people to stone.
- SERPENT /ˈsɜːrpənt/ · noun
- A long, limbless reptile, especially a snake. Figuratively, a serpent is a treacherous or subtly dangerous person, and the word can also evoke a sinuous, twisting form. Related: snake, viper, python, snake-like creature.
- GORGON British: /ˈɡɔːɡən/; US: /ˈɡɔːrɡən/ · noun
- In Greek mythology, a gorgon is a female monster, usually depicted with snakes for hair, whose gaze turns people to stone. The term may also be used figuratively for a frightening or formidable woman. Related: Medusa, mythological monster, monster, ogre.
- HADES /ˈheɪdiːz/ · proper noun
- In Greek mythology, Hades is the underworld, the realm of the dead ruled by the god of the same name. In modern English, the name can also stand for hell. Related: underworld, netherworld, hell, inferno.
- HELIOS /ˈhiːliəs/ · proper noun
- Helios is the Greek mythological personification of the sun, a god who drives the sun's chariot across the sky. The name is also used poetically for the sun and as a proper name for solar-themed subjects. Related: sun god, Sol, sun.
- NYMPHS /nɪmfz/ · noun
- Nymphs are female spirits or semi-divine beings associated with natural places, especially in Greek mythology. The word can also refer, especially in literary or archaic contexts, to young women, and in entomology, to the immature stages of certain insects. Related: spirits, maidens, nature spirits, dryads.
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