books 1-12 review
Across
- 5. Who does Polyphemus pray to for revenge on Odysseus?
- 6. an enchantress and a minor goddess in ancient Greek mythology and religion
- 7. a long comparison of 2 unlike things
- 9. What does Calypso promise to make Odysseus if he stays on the island with her?
- 10. son of the Greek hero Odysseus and his wife, Penelope
- 11. was a nymph who lived on the island of Ogygia
- 12. Circe can _________________ men into animals.
- 15. Tiresias tells Odysseus that only ___________ will return home.
- 16. What is the thing that Penelope weaves and takes apart at night so that she doesn’t have to marry the suitors?
- 17. the ship crews earplugs
- 18. how many years was odysseus gone
- 21. excessive pride or self-confidence.
- 23. Helios threatens to make the __________ stop shining if Zeus doesn’t punish Odysseus’ men for eating his cattle.
Down
- 1. Who does the land belong to where Odysseus’ men ate a flower and did not want to continue on home?
- 2. the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon
- 3. What is blocking the entrance to the Cyclops Charybdisrybdis daughter of the sea god Pontus and the earth goddess Gaia
- 4. prophet that Odysseus has to go to the underworld to see
- 8. Odysseus’ men tie him to the __________ of the ship so he can hear the sirens.
- 13. a legendary monster who lives on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite her counterpart Charybdis
- 14. fake name that Odysseus uses to fool the cyclopes
- 19. A long, narrative poem that tells us the adventures of a hero is a
- 20. goddess of wisdom and craft
- 22. what the wind king gives him that contains the wind