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Across
- 3. an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft
- 5. Tiresias tells Odysseus that only ___________ will return home
- 6. The Wind king gives Odysseus wind in this
- 7. Famous prophet that Odysseus has to go to the underworld to see
- 10. fake name that odysseus
- 12. they used it as ear plugs
- 14. the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa
- 15. Circe can _________________ men into animals
- 17. Homer embodies hubris into the characters Odysseus, the Suitors, and the Cyclopes
- 19. epic A long, narrative poem that tells us the adventures of a hero is a
- 20. immortality What does Calypso promise to make Odysseus if he stays on the island with her
- 22. Helios threatens to make the __________ stop shining if Zeus doesn’t punish Odysseus’ men for eating his cattle
- 23. an enchantress and a minor goddess in ancient Greek mythology and religion
Down
- 1. Odysseus’ men tie him to the __________ of the ship so he can hear the sirens
- 2. son of the Greek hero Odysseus and his wife, Penelope
- 4. she entertained the Greek hero Odysseus for seven years, but she could not overcome his longing for home even by promising
- 8. a legendary monster who lives on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite her counterpart Charybdis
- 9. Lotus Eaters Who does the land belong to where Odysseus’ men ate a flower and did not want to continue on home
- 11. the daughter of the sea god Pontus and the earth goddess Gaia
- 13. What is the thing that Penelope weaves and takes apart at night so that she doesn’t have to marry the suitors
- 16. What is blocking the entrance to the Cyclops cave
- 18. Who does Polyphemus pray to for revenge on Odysseus
- 21. How many years has Odysseus been gone since leaving for the Trojan War