Constellations and Their Myths

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Greek ruler of Olympus who placed the Great Bear among the stars (4)
• Hermes' mother: ___, eldest of the Pleiades (4)
• Cretan princess whose wedding crown became Corona Borealis (7)
• Nymph transformed into the Great Bear in Greek myth (8)
• Musician whose instrument became a constellation after his death (7)
• Creature depicted by Lepus beneath Orion's feet (4)
• Restraint binding an Ethiopian princess to a seaside rock (5)

Down

• Constellation named for a legendary Thracian musician's stringed instrument (4)
• Mother of Castor and Pollux in Greek myth (4)
• Goat-footed god linked to Capricornus in Greek tradition (3)
• Ethiopian princess rescued from a sea monster (9)
• Medusa's slayer, immortalized as a northern constellation (7)
• Jason's quest was for the Golden ___ (6)
• What the celestial archer draws before letting fly (3)
• Divine queen said to have sent the crab that became Cancer (4)

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