The Odyssey

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Across
  1. 4. messenger of the Gods
  2. 6. a storyteller, a traveling entertainer
  3. 11. "After them the attackers wheeled, as terrible as falcons..."
  4. 15. father of Odysseus
  5. 17. the sun God
  6. 18. where Odysseus tells his story to the court of King Alcinous
  7. 19. trusted soldier of Odysseus
  8. 20. goddess of wisdom
  9. 21. six-headed, twelve-tentacled sea monster
  10. 22. a whirlpool monster which threatens to destroy Odysseus' entire ship
  11. 24. she turns the men into swine
Down
  1. 1. island where Helios' herds are; Odysseus and men stop and stay for over two months
  2. 2. home of Prince Paris; destroyed by the horse trick
  3. 3. the most powerful God
  4. 5. the swineherd
  5. 7. son of Poseidon
  6. 8. son of Odysseus
  7. 9. the blind prophet whose ghost tells Odysseus his future
  8. 10. their songs distracted sailors and caused them to shipwreck
  9. 12. home city-state of Odysseus
  10. 13. gigantic cannibals
  11. 14. king of Phaeacia, welcomes Odysseus into hall and listens to his story
  12. 16. "grey eyed Athena"
  13. 19. suitor of Penelope; tries to blame his poor behavior on dead man
  14. 23. the poet credited with composing The Illiad and The Odyssey