Introduction to The Odyssey

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Across
  1. 2. old pattern that recurs over and over for centuries
  2. 5. men who want to marry Penelope and trash her home
  3. 7. the city that Odysseus waged war against for 10 years
  4. 8. Odysseus' faithful wife
  5. 9. goddess of wisdom and war
  6. 12. goddess Odysseus has an affair with for 7 years
  7. 13. story connected to a region or belief system the culture that produced it
  8. 14. epic hero known for his cleverness and bravery
  9. 16. reference to a literary or historical person, place, or thing
Down
  1. 1. cyclops who eats Odysseus' men
  2. 3. blind storyteller from ancient Greece
  3. 4. she turns Odysseus' men into pigs
  4. 6. story of the Trojan War told by Homer
  5. 7. Odysseus'son
  6. 10. well-known nickname that describes something or someone
  7. 11. god of the sea seeking revenge against Odysseus
  8. 15. long, narrative poem that tells the adventures of a hero