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Across 5. Cannibals who lived on a distant island 7. Odysseus's swineherd 10. Sea nymph who holds odysseus captive on her island for seven years 13. Member of Odysseus's crew (there are two so choose wisely) 14. A plea to the Muse or goddess of poetry for inspiration 15. One of Penelope's suitor's (there are two so choose wisely) 17. Blind Prophet 21. People who live off the intoxicating lotus plant (2 Words) 22. Brief descriptive phrases that emphasize an important characteristic of a person or thing 25. Goddess of Wisdom and protector of Odysseus 26. Son of Odysseus and Penelope 27. Female monster who lives underwater and forms a deadly whirlpool 28. One-eyed giants 30. Greek king and husband of Helen, whose kidnapping by the Trojans set off the Trojan War 32. Second major Indian epic written around 500 BCE 33. Odysseus's nurse 36. Six-headed female sea monster 38. Place of darkness in the Underworld 39. Island filled with grazing farm animals owned by Helios, the sun god 41. A long story often told in verse involving heroes and gods 42. God of the sea and earthquakes 44. Written by Roman Virgil around 25 BCE 46. Group of singing nymphs who lure men to their deaths 47. Goddess of epic poetry 48. Legendary bard credited with composing The Odyssey and The Iliad

Down 1. Odysseus's dog 2. In the middle of things (3 Words) 3. Ruler of all the gods 4. Wife of Odysseus 6. Extended comparisons that go on for several lines (2 Words) 8. Greeks 9. King of Ithaca, hero of the Trojan War 11. King of the island of Phaeacia, where Odysseus is shipwrecked near the end of his journey 12. Odysseus's cowherd 16. Odysseus's father 18. One of Penelope's suitor's (there are two so choose wisely) 19. The cyclops who eats some of Odysseus's crew; son of Poseidon 20. Daughter of Zeus whom Pluto kidnapped 23. Location in central Greece not far from Olympus: favorite location of Hermes 24. Member of Odysseus's crew (there are two so choose wisely) 25. Island of winds 29. Island ruled by the Alcinous 31. Epic tale based on a real king who ruled the city-state of Uruk around 2600 BC 34. Sun god 35. Messenger god 37. Allies of the Trojans and enemies of the Greeks 39. Wizard who foretold Polyphemus's future 40. God of the Underworld 42. Home of Nestor, a soldier who fought with Odysseus in the Trojan War 43. Goddess and sorceress who lives on the island of Aeaea 45. Tale of a real soldier who fought for both the Christians and the Moors in the eleventh- century Spain (2 Words)