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Odyssey crossword puzzle HELP!?

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Holy Moly: an Odyssey Crossword Puzzle!

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1.

What could I do? Paris picked me, as was just. I promised the boy the most beautiful mortal and had to deliver her. It was fate.

2.

Fool that I am, I offered to eat that nobody last. He should have been first.

3.

These people know why Odysseus is sometimes called “raider of cities.”

4.

I broke my neck in a fall, but I kept falling and beat Odysseus to Hades.

8.

This is the stringed instrument that bards play while they sing.

5.

This is the city which the Greeks fought for ten years.

9.

A floating island where Odysseus is kept by Calypso.

6.

You learned at last, Polyphemus that even a puny _________ is worthy of respect, shelter and kind treatment.

10.

I am the wicked goatherd. Little did I know how much I’d pay for my abuse of that miserable beggar. I died for that kick.

7.

Never trust a woman! That’s my advice. I paid with my life to learn that lesson.

13.

My boy never returned. It broke my heart, body, and now I am among the dead.

11.

I fashioned a golden net to catch my faithfuless wife with her lover, my handsome brother.

15.

__________ Pylos is where Telemachus visits wise King Nestor.

12.

My son’s bones must lie on the ocean floor. I live in misery in the country, just waiting to join my poor wife in Hades.

17.

This young prince has a bunch of unruly and uninvited house guests to deal with.

14.

A giant maelstrom (whirlpool) that threatens Odysseus twice.

18.

Mythical island of Helios where the sun-god’s cattle graze.

16.

I had to plot a long time, but I succeeded! What a welcome we gave King Agamemnon.

20.

An adjective or other descriptive word expressing a quality or attribute, esp. used with or as a name.

19.

Odysseus’ rocky homeland.

22.

In the Odyssey, I serve as a foil for Telemachus because my deeds of brave revenge brought honor back to my home.

21.

I fooled them over for three years with my weaving. Insolent fools. How dare they think to take his place.

25.

The pouring out of a drink-offering to a god or goddess.

23.

I tied each man between three ewes, but I, I held fast beneath the belly of the Cyclops’ largest __________.

26.

The epithet that usually associated with her is “rosy-fingered.”

24.

Give his some sugarless gum or he might cause an earthquake.

27.

Ask me to see the future, I, who have no eyes? If you must, you know where to find me–Hades.

28.

This was the tree Athena gave. They named Athens over her to show their appreciation.

30.

These towering beasts destroyed my ships; they speared my men like helpless fish.

29.

I had the face that launched a thousand ships.

33.

Son of Cronus, all father, whose shield is thunder. Rhymes with “moose”…

30.

In this land, the land of the __________, my trial was to not let my men lose their desire to return home. (two words)

34.

Legendary figure in Hades who is doomed to roll a boulder up a steep slope, and who never manages to get it to the top.

31.

When Aeolus is selfish with his winds, we sailors must ply our _________.

35.

We hid in this (two words) and waited for the fools to swill the last wine they would ever taste.

32.

You my friend, you, of all my servants, behaved most nobly, with the greatest affection and loyalty.

38.

The first few drops of this is usually poured out to the gods as an act of reverence.

36.

Holy Moly! If it hadn’t been for my Odysseus would never have brought home the bacon.

40.

My maids ran, screaming, but I stood still as the filthy man strode out from the trees looking like a wild mountain lion.

39.

It was a matter of pride, of honor. When a boy steals your wife, destroys your happiness, he and his people must pay.

44.

This hero wanders ten years before returning home. (Duh)

41.

Thetis, his mom, dipped him in the river Styx, but he was tripped up by his _________ heel.

46.

Telemachus visits this city second (the capital city of Lacedaemon, the Kingdom of Menelaus.)

42.

Of all mortals Odysseus is my favorite. Who else compared in cunning and courage?

48.

I never get a taste of water though it surrounds me; my belly yearns for one meal of the fruit that hangs just out of reach…

43.

I hung for my disrespect, but what young girl wouldn’t prefer to lie in the arms of a handsome suitor instead of being a slave?

49.

I helped Odysseus, yes helped him even though he once defied my magic and threatened to kill me with his sharp sword.

44.

Home of the Gods.

50.

We feast, drink, and