Across
- 3. a nymph
- 5. What does Calypso promise to make Odysseus if he stays on the island with her?
- 9. similes A long comparison between two unlike things
- 10. Who does Polyphemus pray to for revenge on Odysseus?
- 11. Helios threatens to make the __________ stop shining if Zeus doesn’t punish Odysseus’ men for eating his cattle.
- 14. son of Greek hero Odysseus and his wife penelope
- 17. Fake name that Odysseus gives the Cyclops
- 18. poem A long, narrative poem that tells us the adventures of a hero is a
- 19. goddess of wisdom and war
- 20. confident
- 23. daughter of the sea god pontus
Down
- 1. legendary monster who lives on one side of a narrow channel of water
- 2. shroud What is the thing that Penelope weaves and takes apart at night so that she doesn’t have to marry the suitors?
- 3. an enchantress and a minor goddess in ancient Greek mythology and religion
- 4. eaters Who does the land belong to where Odysseus’ men ate a flower and did not want to continue on home?
- 6. Circe can _________________ men into animals.
- 7. Famous prophet that Odysseus has to go to the underworld to see
- 8. aristaeus
- 12. one eyed son of Poseidon
- 13. The Wind king gives Odysseus a __________ of wind.
- 15. stone What is blocking the entrance to the Cyclops cave?
- 16. How many years has Odysseus been gone since leaving for the Trojan War?
- 21. Tiresias tells Odysseus that only ___________ will return home.
- 22. Odysseus’ men tie him to the __________ of the ship so he can hear the sirens.