The Odyssey Background Info

2. The character defect that leads to the downfall of the protagonist (2 words)
5. Odysseus was the king of this Greek city.
9. The name of the man who created The Odyssey
13. What is it called when the gods intervene and help/hurt the lives of mortals? (This is featured in every epic plot)
15. A storyteller would begin with this prayer calling on a muse or higher power to help him remember all the words.
18. Xenia is the Greek word for _____________________.
19. All epic heroes must descend into this place on their journey.

1. This began because Prince Paris "kidnapped" King Menelaus's wife (2 words)
3. The Odyssey is an _________ ___________. (2 words)
4. Many things in our life are named after Greek ___________.
5. This is the term for when a story starts "in the middle of things." (3 words)
6. Odysseus told the Greeks to build a wooden _____________ to trick the Trojans.
7. "The face that launched a thousand ships"
8. This is the person telling epic stories to an audience.
10. These men were trying to court/date Odysseus's wife when he was lost at sea.
11. The prequel to The Odyssey was The _______________.
12. The Greek term for fame/glory
14. Many ancient Greeks were not _________________ because most things were not written down.
16. How many years did the Trojan War last?
17. Greek Mythology= early ________________.