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 | X | U | X | Name me the deepest pit of Hell Where the mighty Titans dwell |
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| 2. | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | N | X | X | X | X | Adamant without ever a rush this king imparts justice to the souls in the silent halls of Hades |
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| 3. | X | X | X | A | X | A princess impregnated by a shower of gold, mothering the destroyer of the Gorgon |
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| 4. | X | X | X | X | X | S | X | X | When jealous Hera changed her into a she-bear, the poor nymph took it rather stoically |
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| 5. | X | X | X | X | N | X | Anatolia she fled, her twins pressed to her breast Delos, floating in the sea, offered a place to rest |
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| 6. | X | X | X | X | X | E | X | X | X | X | A gifted god of limping gait, cast down by Hera from Olympus' height |
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| 7. | X | X | X | X | X | X | A | Zeus took her lover's shape to beget by this Shirley Maclane a Theban son of twelve labours |
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| 8. | X | X | X | T | X | X | Hatched from a twin egg, his father a swan, In storms to the rescue of sailors he ran |

Did you find the solution? The full name in the marked column?
Great !!!
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