The Iliad
Across
- 3. favorite son of Priam; foremost warrior among the Trojans; Trojan leader
- 5. a girl Achilles seized as a prize but is taken my Agamemnon
- 6. The Muse, inspiration for epic poetry
- 7. sleep/ the brother of Death
- 8. the Greeks
- 12. greatest Greek hero and son of a goddess
- 13. sweet worded, the orator from Pylos
- 14. the underworld
- 16. a cult epithet of Apollo refers to his role as the destroyer of field mice
- 17. powerful general
- 20. Greek Gods/ Athena, Zeus, Hermes, Hera, Hephaestus
- 22. great hero and the cleverest of the Greeks; pride of the Achaeans
- 23. avenging spirits
- 24. Achilles’ home in Northern Greece
Down
- 1. the drink of the gods
- 2. second father to Achilles
- 4. brother of Agamemnon, Helen’s husband
- 7. women/ mountain of nymphs
- 9. unfired tripods/ three footed kettles; such metal equipment was rare and highly valued
- 10. Achilles closest friend
- 11. Greek leader, son of Tydeus, a Trojan ally from Lycia
- 15. the shin protector of Homeric warriors
- 18. in the surf/ god of sea Poseidon
- 19. priest of Apollo, daughter (Chryseis) was taken by Agamemnon
- 21. Achilles mother, a sea nymph
- 24. song of praise to Apollo