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