Across
- 3. What does Calypso promise to make Odysseus if he stays on the island with her?
- 5. the divine benefactor of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his family
- 7. The Wind king gives Odysseus a __________ of wind.
- 8. the only Cyclops that is described in detail in the Odyssey
- 9. Fake name Odysseus used to fool the cyclops
- 10. Famous prophet that Odysseus has to go to the underworld to see:
- 11. How many years has Odysseus been gone since leaving for the Trojan War?
- 16. excessive pride
- 17. son of the Greek hero Odysseus and his wife, Penelope
- 18. A deadly whirlpool
- 20. A long comparison between two unlike things
- 23. Helios threatens to make the __________ stop shining if Zeus doesn’t punish Odysseus’ men for eating his cattle.
Down
- 1. As a powerful enchantress, Circe built herself a palace on her home island of Aeaea, where she would practice her spells
- 2. Odysseus’ men tie him to the __________ of the ship so he can hear the sirens.
- 4. she entertained the Greek hero Odysseus for seven years, but she could not overcome his longing for home even by promising him immortality
- 6. Circe can _________________ men into animals.
- 8. Who does Polyphemus pray to for revenge on Odysseus?
- 12. What is blocking the entrance to the Cyclops cave?
- 13. What is the thing that Penelope weaves and takes apart at night so that she doesn’t have to marry the suitors?
- 14. A long, narrative poem that tells us the adventures of a hero is a _____________.
- 15. Odysseus instructs his sailors to plug their ears with beeswax, given to him by Circe, to prevent their hearing the Siren song
- 19. Tiresias tells Odysseus that only ___________ will return home.
- 21. a supernatural female creature, with 12 feet and six heads on long snaky necks, each head having a triple row of sharklike teeth, while her loins were girdled by the heads of baying dogs
- 22. eaters Who does the land belong to where Odysseus’ men ate a flower and did not want to continue on home?
