The Iliad

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