| ADRASTUS | King of Argos in Greek myth who mobilised the Seven against Thebes (8) |
| PIGROAST | Rotisserie event organized Argos in trading site (3,5) |
| TANTALUS | Character in Greek myth who is punished by standing beneath fruit that is just out of reach |
| EPIGONI | In Greek legend, the sons of the "Seven against Thebes" who avenged the death of their fathers (7) |
| DIOMEDES | In Greek myths, a king of Argos and suitor of Helen, who fought with the Greeks at Troy (8) |
| LEDA | Moon that was discovered in 1974 and named for a woman in Greek myth who was believed to have been the mother (by Zeus, who had seduced her in the form of a swan) of Pollux and of Helen (4) |
| DANAIDES | 50 mythological Greek daughters of a king of Argos, 49 of whom were condemned to pour water into perpetually-emptying jugs or craters (8) |
| POLYNIECS | Son of Oedipus and one of the Seven Against Thebes, killed in battle by his brother Eteocles (9) |
| VALKYRIE | Maiden of Norse myth who escorts slain heroes to Valhalla (8) |
| NESTOR | Aged king of Pylos in Greek myth who participated in the Trojan War, noted for his wise counsel (6) |
| ICARUS | Son of Daedalus in Greek myth who flew too close to the sun (6) |
| AESCHYLUS | Ancient Greek writer of the drama Seven against Thebes (9) |
| NAIADS | Nymphs in Greek myth who lived in lakes, rivers or springs |
| LEANDER | Swimmer in Greek myth who is mentioned in several Shakespeare plays |
| MEDEA | Woman in Greek myth who killed her two sons by Jason (5) |
| AGAMEMNON | To recover Helen, the Greeks launched a great expedition under the overall command of Menelaus's brother, the king of Argos (Mycenae). What is the king's name? |
| CALYPSO | What name connects a style of West Indian music to a nymph of Greek myth who was the lover of Odysseus? (7) |
| LAOCOON | Trojan priest of Greek myth who warned his people against taking the Trojan horse into the city (7) |
| ECHO | Mountain nymph of Greek myth who fell in love with Narcissus (4) |
| NARCISSUS | Beautiful youth of Greek myth who fell in love with his own reflection (9) |
