The Odyssey
Across
- 2. imprisoned Odysseus' men in a pig sty before becoming his lover
- 5. young daughter of Alcinous who is tall and beautiful as a goddess
- 6. the kind of animal cared for by Eumaeus
- 8. the Phaeacian king who hosts Odysseus
- 9. nymph, envied by the gods for living with a mortal, who delays Odysseus for seven years
- 11. the only god who did not pity Odysseus
- 14. goddess who protects and helps Odysseus
- 17. prominent suitor who is the arch-enemy of Telemachus
- 19. the cyclops blinded by Odysseus
- 21. bind Theban prophet from whom Odysseus sought advice in Hades
- 22. father of Zeus
- 23. sucked down salt water exposing her interior vortex then vomited it up seething over like a cauldron over a blazing fire
- 25. Odysseus had to be tied down to listen to their song
- 26. husband of Helen and host of Telemachus
- 29. member of Odysseus' who is encountered in the underworld
- 30. beautiful wife of Menelaus
- 31. the flowery fruit that can make men forget their homes
Down
- 1. wife of Odysseus
- 3. the people who were raided during odysseus' first stop on his return from war
- 4. giants who pelted rocks down on the ships of Odysseus' expedition
- 7. odysseus' home
- 10. father of Odysseus
- 12. person who claimed responsibility for the cyclops' suffering
- 13. king of Pylos; the Gerenian Charioteer visited by Telemachus
- 15. god who is cuckolded by his wife Aphrodite and Ares
- 16. herb with black roots and a white blossom given to Odysseus by Hermes
- 18. relationship of Telemachus to Odysseus
- 20. the messenger of the gods also known as "the giant killer"
- 24. the god whose cattle was consumed by Odysseus' crew
- 27. creature with a dreadful bark, twelve feet, six scrawny necks and triple rows of fangs
- 28. gave Odysseus a leather bag containing the boisterous energies of the wind
- 32. where Odysseus' journey home began