The Odyssey Introduction 2

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Across
  1. 2. This person wrote down the stories of The Iliad and The Odyssey.
  2. 5. The ______ comes before The Odyssey.
  3. 6. Odysseus tries to avoid going off to ______ but it doesn't work.
  4. 8. Odysseus' son's name.
  5. 11. The author of this introduction.
  6. 15. A ______ from The Odyssey is "finding your proper place in life."
Down
  1. 1. Homeric or epic _________ compare heroic or epic events to ordinary, everyday events.
  2. 3. The ___________ are "singers of tales" who entertain and tell historical stories.
  3. 4. A god can represent a hero's best or worst _______.
  4. 7. Readers can _______ to Odysseus because we also face difficult choices.
  5. 9. This goddess is on Odysseus' side.
  6. 10. Poseidon is _________ Odysseus.
  7. 12. A _________ is a traditional story that explains a belief, ritual, or mysterious phenomenon.
  8. 13. The Greeks used these texts to teach Greek ________ to their students.
  9. 14. The Greeks got into Troy using a wooden ________.