The Odyssey

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Across
  1. 3. Odysseus' home.
  2. 5. The Odyssey is classified as a(n) _______ poem.
  3. 9. Odysseus fought in the ___________ (2 words).
  4. 10. Odysseus began his journey home with ______ ships.
  5. 11. Penelope's suitors are certain that Odysseus is ________.
  6. 18. Where does Odysseus travel to speak to the souls of Teiresias and his mother?
  7. 19. Odysseus tells Polyphemus that his name is ________ (3 words).
  8. 20. The word that best characterizes Penelope, Odysseus' wife, is __________.
  9. 21. The ______ uses a large stone to trap Odysseus and his men in his cave.
Down
  1. 1. Who turns many of Odysseus' men into pigs?
  2. 2. Circe advises Odysseus and his men to plug their ears with ________ before the Sirens.
  3. 4. A monster with a beautiful, but dangerous singing voice.
  4. 6. The Lotus Eaters offered a fruit that caused _______.
  5. 7. Author of The Odyssey.
  6. 8. The bag Aeolus gives Odysseus is, unbeknownst to his crew, filled with _______.
  7. 12. Odysseus' fatal flaw is _________ because his boasted about his victory too much.
  8. 13. Odysseus and his men bring _______ to offer to their hosts on the Cyclops' island.
  9. 14. The men decided they would rather face the vengeance of a god then __________.
  10. 15. The place of the gods' council meetings (2 words).
  11. 16. Odysseus ________ Poseidon's son.
  12. 17. Everyone who eats the __________ on the Island of the Sun dies.