Books 1, 9, & 10 Review
Across
- 2. Odysseus offers this to Polyphemus to make him tired
- 3. Son of Laertes and raider of cities; king of Ithaca
- 6. In Greek culture, it is important to show _______ (hospitality) to your guests because you never know who may be a god
- 7. How long the Trojan War lasted
- 8. A typical example of a person or thing (check your Epic Poetry notes!)
- 11. The leader of the group of men that go into Circe's house
- 13. Allies of the Trojans who kill 72 of Odysseus' men
- 15. Odysseus displays and abundance of _____ (pride and arrogance) after escaping the cyclops
- 17. Fierce cannibals who throw boulders at Odysseus' ships
- 19. The wind god
Down
- 1. The Odyssey begins "in the middle of" Odysseus' journey home
- 4. The men escape the cyclops' cave by hiding under ______
- 5. Odysseus' homeland
- 9. Polyphemus' father
- 10. Odysseus does not fall under Circe's curse after eating this plant
- 12. Odysseus is telling his story to this person at the beginning of Book 9
- 14. Odysseus and his men make an offering to this god after escaping the cyclops
- 16. Name of the goddess who held Odysseus captive for 7 years
- 18. Circe turns Odysseus' men into this type of animal
- 20. This type of flower causes men to lose all desire of returning home