| Odysseus’ home | Ithaca |
| Phaecian king | Alcinous |
| The only god who did not pity Odysseus | Poseidon |
| Cyclops that Odysseus blinded | Polyphemus |
| Messenger of gods | Hermes |
| Known as “giant killer” | Hermes |
| flowery fruit; made men forget their homes | Lotus |
| father of Odysseus | Laertes |
| Prominent suitor who is the arch enemy of Telemachus | Eurymachus |
| Imprisoned Odysseus’s men in a pigsty before becoming his lover | Circe |
| Young daughter of Alcinous who is tall and beautiful as a goddess | Nausicaa |
| Sucked down salt water exposing her interior vortex | Charybdis |
| Odysseus had to be tied down for their song | Sirens |
| The guy who’s cattle were consumed by Odysseus’ crew | Hyperion |
| Giants who pelted rocks down on to the ships of Odysseus’ expedition | Laestrygonians |
| Person who claimed responsibility for the Cyclops’ suffering | Nobody |
| Where Odysseus journey home began | Troy |
| Nymph, envied by the gods for living with a mortal, who delays Odysseus for seven years | Calypso |
| kind animal cared for by Eumaeus | pig |
| herb with black roots and a white blossom given to Odysseus by Hermes | moly |
| goddess who protects and helps Odysseus | Athene |
| creature with a dreadful bark, twelve feel, six scrawny necks and triple rows of fangs | Scylla |
| ffather of Zeus | Cronos |
| king of Pylos | Nestor |
| visited by Telemachus | Nestor |
| Gerenian Charioteer | Nestor |
| wife of Odysseus | Penelope |
| husband of Helen | Menelaus |
| host of Telemachus | Menelaus |
| blind Theban prophet whom Odysseus sought advice in Hades | Teiresias |
| Gave Odysseus a leather bag containing the boisterous energies of the wind | Aiolos |
| beautiful wife of Menelaus | Helen |
| relationship of Telemachus to Odysseus | son |
| god who is cuckolded by his wife Aphrodite and Ares | Hephaestus |
| the people who were raided during Odysseus’ first stop on his return from war | Cicones |
The Odyssey Crossword Puzzle
April 21, 2020