Books 11-12 of Homer's The Odyssey; Instructions- Complete the crossword below. Delete the spaces between multiple-word answers. Spaces are left for specific line evidence.

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Across
  1. 5. “At once she knew me, and her words reached me on wings” (11, 151-152) is an example of this type of imagery
  2. 6. The ghost of Ajax still despises Odysseus because Odysseus beat him at a contest for this (11, _____)
  3. 11. Circe welcoming Odysseus’ crew back from the underworld with wine and food is an example of this Greek cultural concept (12, _____)
  4. 12. Elpenor, Odysseus’ deceased crew member and the first ghost he encounters in Hades’ realm, requests this of Odysseus (11, _____)
  5. 14. If listened to, they would lure the men to their deaths (12, _____)
  6. 16. “Dawn rose in gold as she finished speaking, and light played about her as she disappeared up the island” (12, 149-151) contains this literary device
  7. 18. This Greek cultural concept is shown when Circe gives Odysseus’ crew the instructions to go to the underworld, resulting in them weeping (11, ______)
  8. 19. The excerpt “We sailed up the narrow channel, wailing, Scylla on one side, Charybdis on the other sucking down saltwater...when she sucked it down you could see her churning within” (12, 242-248) incorporates this literary technique
  9. 20. When Odysseus arms himself against Scylla, he disregards the orders of this person (or immortal) (12, _____)
  10. 21. Throughout Books 11 and 12, Odysseus is retelling his adventures to King Alcinous and Queen Arete. His cunning mental capabilities are shown in his tales, and his thoughtful words to the King and Queen together give him a respectable reputation, and example of this Greek cultural concept
  11. 22. After Odysseus’ crew ate the sacred cattle, this Greek cultural concept is shown in Helios’ reaction (12, 431-432)
  12. 24. This man’s wife did not greet him hospitably when he returned home from war- in fact, she murdered him. (11, _____)
  13. 27. Odysseus’ mother’s explanation to Odysseus that she died from the pure grief of him being lost at sea exemplifies this Greek cultural concept (11, ____)
  14. 28. This ghost is unbearably hungry and thirsty but cursed to never be able to eat or drink, with the food and water so close to his fingertips (11, _______)
  15. 30. “You seek a homecoming sweet as honey, shining Odysseus, but a god will make it bitter” (11, 97-98) employs this literary device
Down
  1. 1. Odysseus and his crew stop at the land of these people to converse with the dead (11, ______)
  2. 2. This deceased hero’s life parallels that of Odysseus, as both are incredibly gifted but doomed to suffer immensely (11, _______)
  3. 3. The contrasting of Agamemnon’s evil wife against loyal Penelope is an example of this literary device (11, ______)
  4. 4. The statement, “We got out by my courage and fast thinking...Now let’s do as I say, every man of you!” (12, 220-222) displays this Greek cultural concept
  5. 7. Eurylochus rebukes Odysseus’ orders to avoid the island, saying, “How could we survive if we were hit by a South Wing or a West, which sink ships no matter what the great gods want? No, let’s give in to the black night now and make our supper” (12, 296-300), incorporating this literary device in the argument
  6. 8. Odysseus is afraid that this underworld immortal will send up the head of the gorgon to him (11, ______)
  7. 9. “You know how a fisherman on a jutting rock casts his bait with his long pole. The horned hook sinks into the sea, and when he catched a fish he pulls it writhing and squirming out of the water. Writhing like that my men were drawn up the cliff” (12, 157-161) Extended similes such as these found throughout the novel are known by this term
  8. 10. While his crew decides to eat the sacred cattle, Odysseus is doing this (12, _____)
  9. 13. This Greek cultural concept is shown when Odysseus returns through the waters of Scylla and Charybdis, a task impossible for a mortal (12, 463-464)
  10. 15. This was necessary for Odysseus’ mother to recognize him(11, _____)
  11. 17. In a break in Odysseus’ stories of the underworld, Arete addresses the Phaeacians, praising Odysseus and telling the people to provide him with these (11, ______)
  12. 23. Eurylochus, despite Odysseus’ clear instructions, tempts the crew to eat Helios’ sacred cattle, which leads to the death of the crew, an example of this Greek cultural concept (12, ______)
  13. 25. “I’d rather be a hired hand back up on earth, slaving away for some poor dirt farmer, than lord it over all these withered dead” (11, 511-513), says this hero
  14. 26. Odysseus’ crew was stuck on the island with the sacred cattle while the South Wind blew for this amount of time (12, _____)
  15. 29. Odysseus’ decision not to tell his crew of the monster Scylla as they head into her waters is an example of this Greek cultural concept (12, _____)