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Across 3. Messenger god 6. Turns Odysseus's men into swine 9. One of a race of brutish one-eyed giants who live solitary lives as shepherds, supposedly on the island now known as Sicily 10. Destroy violently; ruin 11. One of Penelope's main suitors 12. Penelope's housekeeper 13. People living on the southwestern coast of Thrace who battled Odysseus and his men on their journey 15. Island where the sun god Helios keeps his cattle 18. "Singers of tales,"were the historians and entertainers as well as the mythmakers of their time 21. Odysseus's faithful wife 22. Large supply; abundance 25. Hardship; great misfortune 26. Long narrative poems that tell of the adventures of heroes who in some way embody the values of their civilizations 29. Odysseus's son 30. Cowherd, one of Odysseus's loyal servants 32. King of Sparta 33. Compensation; repayment 35. Passion; enthusiasm 37. A member of Odysseus's loyal crew 38. Female monster with six serpent heads, each head having a triple row of fangs 39. God of poetry, music, prophecy, medicine, and archery 42. These similes compare heroic or epic events to simple and easily understandable everyday events 43. An island kingdom ruled by King Alcinous 44. Swineherd, one of Odysseus's loyal servants 45. Father of Zeus who swallowed all his children 46. Awe-inspiring by reason of excellence; strikingly impressive

Down 1. Goddess who keeps Odysseus on her island for seven years 2. Sets the tone and determines the unusual way in which the poem is structured 3. Sun god 4. Sea nymphs whose beautiful and mysterious music lures sailors to steer their ships toward dangerous rocks 5. God of the sea 7. Traditional stories, rooted in a particular culture, that usually explain a belief, a ritual, or a mysterious natural phenomenon 8. Bitter hatred; ill will 11. The king of Phaeacia 12. Odysseus's old nurse 14. Female monster who sucks in water three times a day to form a deadly whirlpool 16. Dark area of the underworld where the dead reside 17. Famous blind prophet from the city of Thebes 19. A reflection of a hero's best or worst qualities 20. The home of Circe 21. Son of the sea god Poseidon and blinded by Odysseus 23. Enemy; opponent 24. The god of metalworking 27. Commotion; uproar; confusion 28. Suitor of Penelope 31. People who feed Odysseus's men lotus plants to make them forget Ithaca 34. Menelaus' wife who ran off with Paris 36. In an extremely unpleasant or disgusting manner 40. Goddess of wisdom, war and peace 41. The most powerful god