Updated: Sunday, November 5th, 2000
Hello, Cryptophile!
Still possessing a vestigial knowledge of ancient myths?
Then, apply your cunning to our cryptic descriptions in the boxes below:
One letter given and each X representing one other letter.
Having reached the right conclusions you'll read an ancient name
in the column marked with red.
| 1. | X | X | X | X | X | S | X | X | The old man was carried from the conflagration by his hero son and pondered: Did Rudolf Hess really marry an Inca ? |
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| 2. | X | X | X | X | X | S | In Roman eyes a name well befitting their ancestral Bronze Age hero |
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| 3. | X | X | B | X | X | A lifespan of a thousand years, but denied the gift of eternal youth: Poor Mrs. Fawlty ! |
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| 4. | X | X | X | R | X | X | X | X | X | In various ways they still see fit to adore her in her native Mediterranean island |
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| 5. | X | X | X | X | X | D | X | X | To whom belonged this temple that crowned Cape Sunion? Not to the Lord of the Quakers, or did it ? |
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| 6. | X | X | X | X | A | X | X | X | Having left the Sudan by a devious path, he sailed into the straits of his name by radar to build proud Ilium’s citadel. |
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| 7. | X | X | X | X | S | X | A female manifestation of the Semitic deity, who fled from Asia to Africa and founded a mighty city there |
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| 8. | X | X | X | X | X | X | I | X | X | Who would not feel appalled at seeing unveiled this shrouded image of the goddess ? |
Did you find the solution? The full name in the marked column?
Great !!!
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