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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. |
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Fool that I am, I offered to eat that nobody last. He should have been first. |
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These people know why Odysseus is sometimes called "raider of cities." |
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I broke my neck in a fall, but I kept falling and beat Odysseus to Hades. |
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8. |
This is the stringed instrument that bards play while they sing. |
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This is the city which the Greeks fought for ten years. |
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9. |
A floating island where Odysseus is kept by Calypso. |
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You learned at last, Polyphemus that even a puny _________ is worthy of respect, shelter and kind treatment. |
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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. |
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Never trust a woman! That's my advice. I paid with my life to learn that lesson. |
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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. |
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15. |
__________ Pylos is where Telemachus visits wise King Nestor. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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20. |
An adjective or other descriptive word expressing a quality or attribute, esp. used with or as a name. |
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Odysseus' rocky homeland. |
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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. |
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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 __________. |
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26. |
The epithet that usually associated with her is "rosy-fingered." |
24. |
Give his some sugarless gum or he might cause an earthquake. |
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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. |
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30. |
These towering beasts destroyed my ships; they speared my men like helpless fish. |
29. |
I had the face that launched a thousand ships. |
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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) |
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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 _________. |
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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. |
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38. |
The first few drops of this is usually poured out to the gods as an act of reverence. |
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Holy Moly! If it hadn't been for my Odysseus would never have brought home the bacon. |
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My maids ran, screaming, but I stood still as the filthy man strode out from the trees looking like a wild mountain lion. |
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It was a matter of pride, of honor. When a boy steals your wife, destroys your happiness, he and his people must pay. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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... |
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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? |
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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. |
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50. |
We feast, drink, and dice day and night--and we'll keep at it until she decides. |
45. |
I sat in these by the hearth, a humble suppliant in need. |
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51. |
I changed into every shape I could think of, but wiry Menelaus refused to let go. The answers to his questions broke his heart. |
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What I wanted to know was where he got his clothes? I knew those fine garments. My maids and I had made them with our own hands. |
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52. |
What yelps like a puppy, dangles its feet in the breeze. and swallows men whole? Me, of course, I'm _________. |
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I'm the author, and tradition has that I was blind. |
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