Books 11-12 of The Odyssey

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Across
  1. 4. Odysseus’ mother
  2. 10. the island of the Sun
  3. 11. a six-headed monster which swallows each sailor when the ship passes by
  4. 13. Agamemnon’s wife
  5. 14. "While you were alive the army honored you like a god, and now that you are here you rule the dead with might." (cultural concept)
  6. 15. Poseidon’s son
  7. 16. the prophet which revealed that that Poseidon is punishing the Achaeans because they blinded his son
  8. 18. "And I saw Maera and Clymene and hateful Eriphyle, who valued gold more than her husband's life." (cultural concept)
  9. 21. a whirlpool that could swallow the entire ship
  10. 23. the crew member who broke his neck because he fell from Circe’s roof
  11. 24. the man who is eternally punished to push a boulder up a hill and whenever he reaches the top the boulder rolls back down
  12. 26. Neleus got married to her after courting her
  13. 27. daughter of Zeus and Hera
  14. 28. "You could ask me to stay for even a year while you arranged a send-off with glorious gifts, and I would assent." (cultural concept)
  15. 29. son of Earth who raped Leto
Down
  1. 1. "Yet vengeance will be yours, and when you have slain the suitors in your hall, by ruse or by sword, then you must go off again, carrying a broad-bladed oar" (cultural concept)
  2. 2. an Achaean that killed himself after losing a contest with Odysseus
  3. 3. "She spoke, and our proud hearts consented." (cultural concept)
  4. 5. Aloeus’ wife who bore two of Poseidon’s sons
  5. 6. wife of Tyndareus who gave birth to two sons
  6. 7. son of Zeus, grandson of Cronus who was enslaved
  7. 8. the goddess which lives on Aeaea
  8. 9. the person who persuaded Odysseus to let the crew rest at Thrinacia
  9. 12. "You seek a homecoming sweet as honey, shining Odysseus, but god will make it bitter." (cultural concept)
  10. 17. Oedipus’ mother who married her son who had killed her husband
  11. 19. the man Odysseus sees who sits in a pool of water with grapes hanging above him and whenever he tries to grab the grapes the go out of reach and whenever he tries to drink the water the water sinks away
  12. 20. Zeus’ son who sat in the house of Hades and asked for judgements
  13. 22. ex machina "In the same instant, Zeus thundered and struck the ship with a lightning bolt." (cultural concept)
  14. 25. "To embrace the ghost of myd mother. three times i rushed forward to hug her, and three times she drifted out of my arms like a shadow or a dream." (cultural concept)