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IT'S GREEK MYTHOLOGY TO ME |
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Harry Angstrom's house burns to the ground in this author's 1971 novel "Rabbit Redux" |
(John) Updike
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Summer is the time for Whatever Week, a celebration of the Kennebec River in this state capital |
Augusta
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Ralph Macchio's love interest in "The Karate Kid", she took a darker turn in "Leaving Las Vegas" |
Elisabeth Shue
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Diamond deposit; it ain't yours! (4) |
mine
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Menelaus not only wanted this wife back, but the treasure Paris stole along with her |
Helen
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Gwilym is the Welsh form of this name that's been popular in England for centuries |
William
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In this Anne Tyler novel, a travel writer breaks his leg & moves into his siblings' home |
The Accidental Tourist
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Parson's Way, a scenic walkway in Kennebunkport, passes near this former president's home, Walker's Point |
(George Herbert Walker) Bush
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Her first name honors the playwriting partner of Russel Crouse, her father |
Lindsey Crouse
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When it's "praying", it's preying (6) |
mantis
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This god zapped Salmoneus into oblivion for trying to imitate his thunder & lightning |
Zeus
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John David Joyce set a Guinness record by doing this continuously in a hammock for 240 hours |
rocking (or swinging)
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The Red Cloud, Nebraska home seen here was the model for Antonia's home in a novel by this author: |
Willa Cather
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Maine is so famous for these berries that the town of Machias honors them with a festival |
blueberries
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Tamara Dobson fought drugs as "Cleopatra Jones" in 1973, 10 years after this woman was "Cleopatra" |
Liz Taylor
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Actor Fredric's month (5) |
March
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This war god wasn't too successful in battle; he was once captured & stuck in a jar for 13 months |
Ares
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Of a pogo stick injury, a dense winter fog or the bite of a comic strip possum, what a pogonip is |
(Susan: What is the bite of a comic strip possum?)
a dense winter fog
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In the novel by Isabel Allende, Clara del Valle Trueba shares a house with these title entities |
the Spirits
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A national wildlife refuge near Kittery is named for this biologist who wrote "Silent Spring" |
Rachel Carson
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This star brought "Beaches" & "For the Boys" to the screen through her All Girl Productions |
Bette Midler
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Stubborn slippers (5) |
mules
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This underworld kingpin had a helmet that made him invisible; after all, his name means "the unseen" |
(Mike: Who is Hephaestus?)
Hades
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2 of the 4 actors who earned 1974 Oscar nominations for "The Godfather Part II"; one of them won |
(2 of) Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Michael V. Gazzo, & Lee Strasberg
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In this novel by John Kennedy Toole, Ignatius J. Reilly lives with his mother in her New Orleans home |
The Confederacy of Dunces
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It's the only National Park in all of New England |
Acadia
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This star seen here in a 1953 film left movies in 1958 for her own TV "Show":
"Hi, what's your name?" "I'm Lorlene." |
(Alex: The movie was From Here to Eternity. She was seen there with Montgomery Clift.)
Donna Reed
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Eggplant entree, in Greece (6) |
musaka
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Atalanta excelled in this blood sport of which Artemis was goddess |
hunting
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Armenia is bordered by this other "A" country on the East & on the Southwest |
(Mike: What is Albania?)
Azerbaijan
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