| IXION | In Greek myths, a Thessalian king punished by Zeus by being bound to a perpetually revolving wheel (5) |
| CENTAURS | Race of half-man, half-horse creatures in Greek mythology said to descend from the Thessalian king Ixion and the cloud Nephele (8) |
| SISYPHUS | In Greek Myth, a king punished by eternally rolling a stone up a hill (8) |
| IDOMENEUS | In Greek myths, a king of Crete who fought on the Greek side in the Trojan War (9) |
| CALLISTO | In Greek myths, a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera (8) |
| HARPY | In Greek myths, a ravenous creature with a woman's head and trunk and a bird's wings and claws (5) |
| NAIAD | In Greek myths, a nymph dwelling in a lake, river, spring or fountain (5) |
| TANTALUS | In Greek mythology, a king punished in Tartarus for his misdeeds (8) |
| DAPHNE | In Greek myths, a nymph who was changed into a laurel tree (6) |
| CASSANDRA | In Greek myths, a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, given the gift of prophecy but doomed never to be believed (9) |
| CERBERUS | In Greek myths, a three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades (8) |
| AGAMEMNON | In Greek myths, a king of Mycenae who led the Greeks at the siege of Troy (9) |
| DIOMEDES | In Greek myths, a king of Argos and suitor of Helen, who fought with the Greeks at Troy (8) |
| ATLAS | In Greek myths, a Titan compelled to support the sky on his shoulders (5) |
| ORPHEUS | In Greek myths, a poet and lyre player who married Eurydice and sought her in Hades after her death (7) |
| NIOBE | In Greek myths, a daughter of Tantalus whose many children were slain by Apollo and Artemis (5) |
| SATYR | In Greek myths, a sylvan deity represented as a goat-like man (5) |
| HERO | In Greek myths, a priestess of Aphrodite, who killed herself when her lover drowned in the Hellespont (4) |
| PANTIHOSE | One being bound to criticise that lot in tights |
| AEGYPIUS | In Greek mythology, the Thessalian lover of Timandre turned into a vulture by Apollo |
