Hippolytus
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Across: 3. Maiden goddess honored by Hippolytus; once seen naked by Actaeon 6. Much married king of Athens, who cursed his son to die 7. Legendary strongman and hero who brought Alcestis back to life 8. Hospitable king who did not want to die 10. The mother of Hippolytus had been the queen of these people 12. The Greek name for the god Death 14. Makers of Zeus's thunderbolts; slain by Apollo 15. Goddess blamed by everyone for the mess with Phaedra 16. Prince of Athens who died and was brought back to life under a new name
Down: 1. Legendary physician who could raise the dead 2. Hippolytus's new name meaning "Twice a Man" 3. Most of the initial action in the myth of Hippolytus takes place in this Greek city 4. God jealous of the power to raise the dead and willing to punish even his own children for defying him 5. Woman who fell in love with her stepson and committed suicide 8. Father of Asclepius and slayer of the Cyclopes 9. Apparently the father of Theseus, this god destroyed his grandson Hippolytus 11. Companion of Phaedra who thought that seducing a stepson was a good idea 13. Loyal wife who offered to die in her husband's place