Books 11-12 of The Odyssey

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Across
  1. 4. the prophet which revealed that that Poseidon is punishing the Achaeans because they blinded his son
  2. 6. "To embrace the ghost of myd mother. three times i rushed forward to hug her, and three times she drifted out of my arms like a shadow or a dream." (cultural concept)
  3. 9. Poseidon’s son
  4. 12. the goddess which lives on Aeaea
  5. 13. Zeus’ son who sat in the house of Hades and asked for judgements
  6. 14. Oedipus’ mother who married her son who had killed her husband
  7. 15. "In the same instant, Zeus thundered and struck the ship with a lightning bolt." (cultural concept)
  8. 17. Neleus got married to her after courting her
  9. 18. "She spoke, and our proud hearts consented." (cultural concept)
  10. 19. wife of Tyndareus who gave birth to two sons
  11. 20. the island of the Sun
  12. 21. 'And I saw Maera and Clymene and hateful Eriphyle, who valued gold more than her husband's life." (cultural concept)
  13. 26. the person who persuaded Odysseus to let the crew rest at Thrinacia
  14. 28. son of Earth who raped Leto
  15. 29. the man Odysseus sees who sits in a pool of water with grapes hanging above him and whenever he tries to grab the grapes the go out of reach and whenever he tries to drink the water the water sinks away
Down
  1. 1. "You could ask me to stay for even a year while you arranged a send-off with glorious gifts, and I would assent." (cultural concept)
  2. 2. son of Zeus, grandson of Cronus who was enslaved
  3. 3. the man who is eternally punished to push a boulder up a hill and whenever he reaches the top the boulder rolls back down
  4. 5. a whirlpool that could swallow the entire ship
  5. 7. a six-headed monster which swallows each sailor when the ship passes by
  6. 8. Aloeus’ wife who bore two of Poseidon’s sons
  7. 10. Odysseus’ mother
  8. 11. "You seek a homecoming sweet as honey, shining Odysseus, but god will make it bitter." (cultural concept)
  9. 16. Agamemnon’s wife
  10. 22. an Achaean that killed himself after losing a contest with Odysseus
  11. 23. "Nothing is more grim or more shameless than a woman who sets her mind on such an unspeakable act as killing her own husband." (cultural concept)
  12. 24. "While you were alive the army honored you like a god, and now that you are here you rule the dead with might." (cultural concept)
  13. 25. the crew member who broke his neck because he fell from Circe’s roof
  14. 27. daughter of Zeus and Hera