The Odyssey

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Across
  1. 1. What Odysseus uses to plug his men’s ears.
  2. 3. The sorceress who turns men into pigs.
  3. 6. The Cyclops blinded by Odysseus.
  4. 7. The young sailor who falls off a roof and dies.
  5. 8. The clever name Odysseus uses to trick the Cyclops.
  6. 9. The deadly whirlpool that sucks down the sea.
  7. 11. The blind prophet who gives Odysseus warnings.
  8. 13. The suitor who begs Odysseus for mercy.
  9. 16. Odysseus’s mother, whom he meets in the Underworld.
  10. 19. The first suitor Odysseus kills.
  11. 21. People whose fruit makes men forget home.
  12. 23. The magical herb Hermes gives Odysseus to resist Circe.
  13. 25. Odysseus’s homeland and kingdom.
  14. 26. The weapon only Odysseus can string.
  15. 27. The six-headed monster who snatches sailors.
  16. 30. Creatures whose song lures sailors to death.
  17. 32. Giant cannibals who destroy Odysseus’s fleet.
  18. 33. The warriors Odysseus’s men raid at Ismarus.
  19. 34. Tree Symbol tied to Odysseus’s family and home.
  20. 35. Athena’s second disguise; a trusted friend of Odysseus.
Down
  1. 2. The arrogant men trying to marry Penelope.
  2. 4. The place where Polyphemus traps Odysseus and his men.
  3. 5. The stormy forces trapped in Aeolus’s bag.
  4. 6. The final resolution Athena demands for Ithaca.
  5. 10. Dead king who praises Penelope’s loyalty in the Underworld.
  6. 12. Keeper of the winds who gives Odysseus a special bag.
  7. 14. Odysseus’s elderly father who lives in the countryside.
  8. 15. The faithful old nurse who helps care for Telemachus.
  9. 17. The forbidden animals slaughtered by Odysseus’s men.
  10. 18. Odysseus’s son who grows into his role as a leader. Penelope Odysseus’s loyal wife, famous for her weaving trick.
  11. 20. The land of the dead Odysseus must visit.
  12. 22. Goddess who helps Odysseus and Telemachus, often in disguise.
  13. 24. The disloyal goatherd who smuggles weapons to the suitors.
  14. 28. God of the sea who curses Odysseus for blinding his son.
  15. 29. The Sun God whose sacred cattle must not be eaten.
  16. 31. The animals the men cling to to escape the Cyclops.