Across
- 4. messenger of the Gods
- 6. a storyteller, a traveling entertainer
- 11. "After them the attackers wheeled, as terrible as falcons..."
- 15. father of Odysseus
- 17. the sun God
- 18. where Odysseus tells his story to the court of King Alcinous
- 19. trusted soldier of Odysseus
- 20. goddess of wisdom
- 21. six-headed, twelve-tentacled sea monster
- 22. a whirlpool monster which threatens to destroy Odysseus' entire ship
- 24. she turns the men into swine
Down
- 1. island where Helios' herds are; Odysseus and men stop and stay for over two months
- 2. home of Prince Paris; destroyed by the horse trick
- 3. the most powerful God
- 5. the swineherd
- 7. son of Poseidon
- 8. son of Odysseus
- 9. the blind prophet whose ghost tells Odysseus his future
- 10. their songs distracted sailors and caused them to shipwreck
- 12. home city-state of Odysseus
- 13. gigantic cannibals
- 14. king of Phaeacia, welcomes Odysseus into hall and listens to his story
- 16. "grey eyed Athena"
- 19. suitor of Penelope; tries to blame his poor behavior on dead man
- 23. the poet credited with composing The Illiad and The Odyssey