| MTIDA | Vantage point of Zeus, in Homer |
| OGLES | Mars from the vantage point of Earth, e.g. |
| RHEA | Wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus in Greek mythology |
| IDA | Mount ... in central Crete was associated with the worship of Zeus in ancient times (3) |
| MOUNT | Mountain in central Crete associated with the worship of Zeus in ancient times (5,3) |
| MOUNTIDA | Mountain in central Crete associated with the worship of Zeus in ancient times |
| HERA | The queen of the Olympian gods and sister and wife of Zeus in Greek mythology |
| ERATO | Daughter of Zeus in danger at Olympiad (5) |
| LEDA | Target of Zeus in fabled antiquity |
| AEGIS | Shield of Zeus in Greek mythology (5) |
| CRETE | Birthplace of Zeus, in myth |
| OLYMPIA | Greek plain, sanctuary of Zeus in ancient times (7) |
| ARES | Son of Zeus in Greek mythology |
| PINK | A minnow; a coastal fishing boat; a tinkling sound; a chaffinch; the gillyflower allied to the carnation, Cheddar Gorge "firewitch", sweet william and other "flowers of Zeus" in the genus Dianthus or, |
| CISSEUS | Thracian king who was father of Theano, the wife of Antenor, and husband of Telecleia, a daughter of King Ilus of Troy, as related in Homer's Iliad (7) |
| GREEKCROSS | One's equal in arms: a description of Achilles in Homer |
| METAPHOR | Figure of speech in Homer apt to be misinterpreted |
| ACHILLES | He is the principal character in Homer's Iliad, son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons in Thessaly and Thetis. He and his closest friend and lover, Patroclus, joined the Greeks in the Trojan War. Who is |
| JEWEL | Singer raised in Homer, Alaska |
| RHO | The last character you'd expect to find in Homer |
