The Odyssey
Odysseus
Telemachus
Penelope
Athena
Zeus
Poseidon
Calypso
Eumaeus
Melanthius
Polyphemus
Sirens
Scylla
Charybdis
Across
6. Birdlike creatures with the face of a woman.
7. A cruel villager who supports the suitors and bashes
Odysseus’s honor.
9. Main Character
11. The loyal shepherd who helps Odysseus when he
comes home but assumes a disguise while he makes
plans to resume his rightful place.
12. a giant whirlpool located beneath a fig tree on the
opposite shore from her partner,
14. Odysseus' son
Down
1. God of the sea
2. King of the gods
3. The nymph who falls into an obsessive love with
Odysseus and holds him captive for a long time on
her island.
4. One eye monster that lives in a cave
5. Odysseus' wife
8. Odysseus' Home
10. a six-headed monster blocking one side of the Strait
of Messina, a rocky area located in present-day
Calabria, Italy, one of many Odyssey monsters that
appear in the epic.
13. Goddess of wisdom and daughter of Zeus