Eumenides Prep Check Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Classic Literature has 24 clues. Answers range from 3 to 12 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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Title of Apollo’s oracular priestess at Delphi
Apollo’s birthplace
City where the second part of the play is set
City (and sanctuary) where the first part of the play is set
Snaky monsters the Furies resemble
Form in which Clytemnestra appears
Weapon Apollo threatens the Furies with (his typical weapon in art)
Ritual that Orestes is performing in Apollo’s temple
Large carnivore Apollo thinks the Furies should live with
Father of Apollo and Athena
Orestes’ crime, according to the Furies
Mother of the Furies (for the first time, in this play)
City of Orestes’ birth, to be allied with Athens in perpetuity
Name of the court (and its location) where Orestes is tried
Who says, “Do not praise/either a life of anarchy/or a life under despotism” (526-8)?
Who says “the so-called mother is not a parent of the child, only the nurse” (658-9)?
Who says “I commend the male in all respects with all my heart” (737-8)?
The Furies want to drink ____________ (bodily fluid).
The Furies avenge murder within a ____________ (name the social unit).
Who won the verdict of the trial?
11 Athenian men serve as the ___________.
The color of the robes with which the Furies will be honored.
The Furies will protect Athens from ___________ war (type of conflict).
The final procession escorting the Furies is the play’s ___________ (technical term).

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