The Iliad Books 1 and 6

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Across
  1. 1. infant son of Hector and Andromache
  2. 2. the beginning of an epic, appealing for supernatural help to tell the story
  3. 4. another name for the Greeks
  4. 6. king of Troy
  5. 8. elaborate extended comparisons using like or as
  6. 11. wife of Menelaus whose passage to Troy with Paris causes the Trojan War
  7. 12. sea goddess, asks Zeus to honor Achilles by granting victory to the Trojans
  8. 13. at first refuses to return Chryseis to her father
  9. 14. son of Priam, at first refuses to fight for the Trojans despite having caused the war
  10. 15. the Achaeans’ best warrior, known for his speed
Down
  1. 1. wife of Hector
  2. 3. brings pestilence upon the Achaeans after Agamemnon refuses to return Chryseis
  3. 5. daughter of Chryses, given to Agamemnon as a war prize
  4. 7. stock descriptive words or phrases
  5. 9. Latin for “in the middle”
  6. 10. Apollo’s priest
  7. 15. goddess of victory who stops Achilles from killing Agamemnon
  8. 16. son of Priam, the greatest Trojan fighter