Vocabulary terms in "The Odyssey"

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Across
  1. 3. The giant creature that the main character and his crew encounter on their journey, named Polyphemus
  2. 6. Mythological beasts, half-woman, half-bird, that assault the main character and his crew
  3. 8. A term meaning decietful and sharp-witted, used to describe the main character
  4. 10. To waste something, typically in reference to time
  5. 12. Greek term for homecoming, the main character acheives this when returning home to be king
  6. 14. The son of the Greek hero of the story
  7. 15. The loyal wife of the main character, constantly fending off suitors from taking her husband's throne in his absence
Down
  1. 1. The Greek God of Water, who enacts his wrath on the main character
  2. 2. The Greek Goddess of Wisdom, who aids the main character on his journey home.
  3. 4. the hero of "The Odyssey," on his return to Ithaca
  4. 5. A Greek/Poetic figure that's often "invoked" for the narrator/author to be given divine insight
  5. 7. The Greek term for "Guest-Friendship," something the suitors in the hero's home have taken advantage of
  6. 9. Another word used to describe the main character's intellect and sly nature
  7. 11. Greek term referring to a Greek man
  8. 13. The Greek Goddess that attempts to keep the main character on her island