The Odyssey - Part One

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Across
  1. 3. ruler of Phaeacia - our hero tells him this story
  2. 5. crew member our hero sees in underworld
  3. 9. convinces crew to kill the cattle
  4. 11. god of the sun
  5. 12. epic poem about a hero returning home from Troy
  6. 15. wizard who foresees Poseidon's son's blinding
  7. 18. method by which epic poems were shared
  8. 20. our hero's father
  9. 21. number of years Part One stories span
  10. 22. long narrative about the deeds of a hero
  11. 23. hero's mother whom he sees in underworld
  12. 24. the king of gods
  13. 28. giant with one eye
  14. 29. tells sun god that crew kills his cattle
  15. 30. sea monster of gray rock
  16. 31. fake name our hero tells cyclops
Down
  1. 1. cyclops whom our epic hero blinds
  2. 2. caused by abduction of Helen of Troy
  3. 4. Zeus uses one of these to sink the ship
  4. 6. epic hero in the Odyssey
  5. 7. Calypso's island where hero ends his story
  6. 8. enchantress who helps our story's hero
  7. 10. beautiful sea goddess who loves/detains our hero
  8. 11. blind Greek credited with writing the Odyssey
  9. 13. birdlike women whose songs lure sailors to death
  10. 14. another name used for Helios
  11. 16. blind prophet - advises our hero in underworld
  12. 17. central larger than life character in an epic
  13. 19. plants cause eaters to lose desire for home
  14. 25. enormous and dangerous whirlpool
  15. 26. the god of the sea and earthquakes
  16. 27. our hero's homeland