Oyssey Exam Crossword
Across
- 3. Tells Odysseus about Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis
- 5. envied by the gods for living with a mortal, delays Odysseus for seven years
- 7. prominent suitor who attempts to convince Odysseus not to kill them
- 10. giants who were cannibals & consumed all the men of all ships except Odysseus'
- 12. Place where Helios's cattle graze
- 14. imprisoned Odysseus's men in a pig sty before becoming his lover
- 16. sucked down salt water exposing her interior vortex then vomited it up seething over like a cauldron over a blazing fire
- 17. Homer prays to these to help him tell his story
- 18. treats the beggar with kindness before knowing he is Odysseus
- 20. the only god who did not pity Odysseus, bad alter ego
- 21. Zeus sends this to destroy Odysseus's boat and kill all of his men
- 23. Odysseus' home
- 27. Odysseus' good alter ego, represents his wisdom
- 28. What Hermes uses to fly
- 29. the flowery fruit that can make men forget their homes
- 30. the messenger of the gods, gives Odysseus moly
- 31. the cyclops blinded by Odysseus
- 33. the Phaeacian king who hosts Odysseus
Down
- 1. gave Odysseus a leather bag the wind
- 2. person who claimed responsibility for the cyclops' suffering
- 4. garlic like herb given to Oydsseus by Hermes
- 6. creature with a dreadful bark, twelve feet, six scrawny necks and triple rows of fangs
- 8. the god whose cattle was consumed by Odysseus' crew
- 9. Ringleader of the suitors
- 11. Removes all the suitors weapons
- 13. blind prophet from whom Odysseus sought advice in the Land of the dead
- 15. Nurse that recognizes Odysseus from a scar
- 19. Odysseus had to be tied down to listen to their song
- 22. father of Odysseus
- 24. where Odysseus' fought & won before the journey began
- 25. Symbol for how Ithaca was treated in Odysseus's absence
- 26. faithful wife of Odysseus
- 32. the people who were raided during Odysseus' first stop on his return from war