Mythology
If you gazed into the face of this mortal Gorgon, you would be turned to stone
Medusa
Half-horseman, pass by! Hercules killed Nessus, this type of creature, but Nessus' blood would later prove fatal to our boy
Centaur
This Norse god kept an eye on his wife Frigg, who herself presided over marriage
Odin
Meaning "from the very beginning", ab ovo translates to "from" this natural product
An egg
At about 9,570 feet, it's Greece's highest & arguably best-known peak
Mount Olympus
In an awkward turn of events, Jocasta's second husband, him, was her son
Oedipus
Hercules labor-ed to catch the mad bull who fathered the Minotaur with King Minos' wife on this island
Krete(Crete)
Not just a hamlet in New York, it's the site of slain warriors where the same unfortunate boar is eaten & resurrected daily
Valhalla
In Latin, these 2 body parts are oculus sinister & oculus dexter
Right eye and left eye
Thessaloniki is the capital city of Central this region, also the name of Philip II's ancient kingdom
Macedonia
This first woman in Greek myth was actually a prank on man, who should have asked, what's in the box?
Pandora
Hercules spent a year trying to capture this creature of Arcadia, sacred to Artemis, who was less than pleased
Stag
Thought invincible, Balder got the kiss of death after getting hit with a sprig of this shrub, the one thing that could do the job
Mistletoe
It's the condition of a body after death when chemical changes cause stiffening
Rigor mortis
Greece's 3 main geographic areas are the islands, the mainland & joined by an isthmus, this peninsula, that lent its name to a war
The Peloponnese (Peninsula)
In Greek myth, the Furies, goddesses of vengeance, are the daughters of Uranus & this Earth goddess
Gaia
Hercules had a hand in the Trojan War, as his slaying of Laomedon made this man Troy's king
Priam
The 9 realms include Alfheim, home of the light elves, Nidavellir, home of the dwarves & this, home to us puny ol' mortals
Midgard
A common sundial motto is this Latin one reminding us that "time flies"
Tempus fugit
The setting of plays like "Oedipus" & "Antigone", this Greek city shares its name with a capital city of Ancient Egypt
Thebes
It's said of these twins of myth that one of their pops was Zeus & the other was Tyndareus
Castor and Pollux
Hercules had to go on a mythological panty raid to relieve this warrior queen of the fierce Amazons of her girdle
Hippolyta
As "Watchman of the Gods", he could see 100 leagues; another skill was the ability to hear grass grow, for some reason
Heimdall
A law providing for a unique situation is this, "of its own kind"
Sui generis
Corfu is in this sea on Greece's west coast
Ionian