Across
- 3. Epic poem written by John Milton
- 4. A characterizing phrase that described a
- 6. Famous epic poem in Old English
- 10. The inscription on the golden apple (3 wrds.)
- 11. the part of the epic poem that asks the muse for inspiration
- 15. What present-day Iraq is called
- 18. Where Homer was born
- 21. Means "in the middle of things" (3 wrds.)
- 24. To get revenge for a wrongdoing
- 25. To take something by force
- 26. He wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey
- 27. People who have fled a dangerous place or harmful situation
- 28. Because it is __, The Odyssey reads like an adventure
- 29. Where epic poems were recited
- 30. A larger than life hero (2 wrds.)
Down
- 1. To finish something quickly
- 2. Epic heroes tend to be leaders in __
- 5. A characteristic of an epic hero (2 wrds.)
- 7. Lofty style uses this type of language
- 8. Military procedures
- 9. Spartan queen who was the most beautiful woman in the world
- 12. The Odyssey begins after the __(2 wrds.)
- 13. He wrote The Divine Comedy
- 14. To try something dangerous
- 16. or place
- 17. A long narrative poem that has historical events and fiction (2 wrds.)
- 19. The tone of an epic poem
- 20. How Homer would've composed his poems
- 22. A long comparison that takes up many lines in a poem (2 wrds.)
- 23. A fixed rhythmic pattern
- 26. Epic heroes are born of this (2 wrds.)