Across
- 2. our hero's homeland
- 5. epic poem about a hero returning home from Troy
- 7. birdlike women whose songs lure sailors to death
- 8. blind prophet - advises our hero in underworld
- 10. beautiful sea goddess who loves/detains our hero
- 11. sea monster of gray rock
- 13. central larger than life character in an epic
- 15. cyclops whom our epic hero blinds
- 18. plants cause eaters to lose desire for home
- 22. ruler of Phaeacia - our hero tells him this story
- 23. god of the sun
- 25. epic hero in the Odyssey
- 26. enormous and dangerous whirlpool
- 28. caused by abduction of Helen of Troy
- 29. long narrative about the deeds of a hero
Down
- 1. fake name our hero tells cyclops
- 3. the god of the sea and earthquakes
- 4. hero's mother whom he sees in underworld
- 6. crew member our hero sees in underworld
- 9. Calypso's island where hero ends his story
- 12. enchantress who helps our story's hero
- 14. convinces crew to kill the cattle
- 16. the king of gods
- 17. our hero's father
- 19. wizard who foresees Poseidon's sons blinding
- 20. giant with one eye
- 21. blind Greek credited with writing the Odyssey
- 24. method by which epic poems were shared
- 27. tells sun god that crew kills his cattle