The Iliad

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Across
  1. 5. Trojan prince responsible for starting the war
  2. 6. woman referred to as "the face that launched 1,000 ships" (means she caused the war)
  3. 7. begs Hector not to return to battle so his son will not be left fatherless
  4. 9. messenger of the gods who encourages Priam to leave Achilles's tent before daybreak
  5. 11. Achilles's war prize
  6. 12. Trojan who ran around Troy three times while fleeing Achilles
  7. 14. selfish king who risks the lives of his countrymen just for the sake of pride
  8. 16. who Athena disguises herself as in order to convince Hector to stop running and fight Achilles
  9. 17. wears Achilles's armor into battle with Achilles's permission
  10. 18. number of days Priam requests for proper burial rites for Hector
  11. 19. instructs Achilles to take the ransom and give Hector's body back
  12. 20. what the Greeks believe you cannot control or change
Down
  1. 1. what Priam asks Achilles to do after Achilles agrees to return Hector's body
  2. 2. trojan priest whose daughter has been captured as a war prize
  3. 3. Spartan king who is spurned by Paris when Paris takes his wife
  4. 4. wise Greek warrior who pleads with Agamemnon and Achilles not to fight
  5. 5. king who kisses the hand of his enemy
  6. 8. the greatest of the Greek warriors; demi-god
  7. 9. goddess who loves both Agamemnon and Achilles and does not wish for them to fight
  8. 10. distant deadly archer who sweeps a plague on the Greeks
  9. 13. daughter of Apollo's priest who is taken captive
  10. 15. sent by another goddess to stop Achilles from attacking Agamemnon; grabs Achilles's hair