Love Myths Word Search: Cupid, Eros, Venus and Psyche

The gods and lovers of Greek and Roman myth. Aphrodite, or Venus, was the goddess of love, and her son Eros, Cupid or Amor, shot the arrows. Cupid fell in love with Psyche; Orpheus went down to the underworld for Eurydice; Pygmalion loved a statue that came to life; Narcissus loved his own reflection; Adonis was loved by Aphrodite; Apollo chased Daphne; Hades carried off Persephone; and Helen's love started the Trojan War.

Fourteen words, tied for the most in the Valentine's collection.

Valentine's Day Classical Mythology Vocabulary: 14 Words to Find

Words run across, up and down, and diagonally; 8 of the 14 read backwards. The longest word is Persephone, with 10 letters.

Adonis: A handsome youth loved by Aphrodite in Greek myth; his name now means any very good-looking man.
Amor: The Latin word for love, and another name for Cupid.
Aphrodite: The Greek goddess of love and beauty; the Romans called her Venus.
Apollo: The Greek god of music and light, who loved the nymph Daphne in vain.
Cupid: The Roman god of love, a winged boy with a bow and arrows.
Eros: The Greek god of love, the Roman Cupid.
Eurydice: The wife Orpheus tried to bring back from the underworld.
Helen: Helen of Troy, whose elopement with Paris started the Trojan War.
Narcissus: The youth of Greek myth who fell in love with his own reflection.
Orpheus: The musician of Greek myth who went to the underworld for Eurydice.
Persephone: The goddess taken to the underworld by Hades, who made her his queen.
Psyche: The mortal woman loved by Cupid in the Roman tale.
Pygmalion: The sculptor of Greek myth who fell in love with his own statue.
Venus: The Roman goddess of love.

How to Solve the Valentine's Day Classical Mythology Word Search

"Cupid", "Psyche" and "Venus", with the only V, are the diagonals. "Persephone", 10 letters, reads backwards, like "Adonis" and "Orpheus". "Aphrodite" and "Apollo" share AP and read across, like "Pygmalion", with the only G. "Amor", "Eros" and "Narcissus" run upward. "Eurydice" and "Helen" run down.

Mythology of Love Activities

Match each Greek name to its Roman one.
Retell the story of Orpheus and Eurydice in five sentences.
Find words in English that come from these myths, like narcissist.