"The Odyssey" Background Information

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Across
  1. 4. Word meaning procedures or strategies
  2. 6. The other poem that Homer wrote
  3. 8. Word meaning to take something by force
  4. 9. A characterizing phrase or descriptive nickname
  5. 12. A belief the Greeks practiced that means to tell the future
  6. 16. Excessive pride
  7. 18. Culture that collapsed due to earthquakes
  8. 19. Word meaning a group of persons who have run away
  9. 20. Word meaning to try something dangerous
  10. 22. A fixed rhythmic pattern
  11. 23. Ruler of the Seas
  12. 24. Word that means to get revenge
  13. 25. Word meaning to finish something quickly
Down
  1. 1. Ruler of the Heavens
  2. 2. "In Medias Res" means to begin in the _________
  3. 3. Civilization that grew more organized after Homer's time.
  4. 5. Tallest mountain in Greece
  5. 7. A style or writing characterized with elegant language
  6. 10. A long comparison over many lines
  7. 11. The author 'credited' with writing "The Odyssey"
  8. 13. Type of poem that relates to important historical events
  9. 14. Opening invocations ask who for inspiration
  10. 15. Type of tone used when keeping emotional distance
  11. 17. Describing word for not all-powerful gods
  12. 21. Ruler of the Underworld