A: Aeolus

Keeper of the Winds

B: Battle

A hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces

C: Circe

A witch

Cattle

Livestock

Crew

A group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together.

D: Decree

A formal and authoritative order, esp. one having the force of law

E: Enemy

A person who feels hatred for, fosters harmful designs against, or engages in antagonistic activities against another; an adversary or opponent.

F: Friendship

The state of being a friend; association as friends

Furious

 Full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged

G: Gone

Departed; left

Grief

Keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret

Greek

Of or pertaining to Greece, the Greeks, or their language.

H: Helios

The ancient Greek god of the sun, represented as driving a chariot across the heavens.

I: Ithaca

Home of Ulysses

J: Journey

Traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time

K: King

A male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right

L: Labor

Productive activity, esp. for the sake of economic gain

M: Mother

A female parent

Madness

The state of being mad; insanity

Monster

A legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, such as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.

N: need

A requirement, necessary duty, or obligation

O: Odysseus

King of Ithaca; son of Laertes; one of the heroes of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey; shrewdest of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War

P: Polyphemus

A Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus

Q: Queen

A female sovereign or monarch

R: Roman

Pertaining to the ancient kingdom, republic, and empire whose capital was the city of Rome.

S: Scylla

A female sea monster that lived in a cave opposite Charybdis and devoured sailors

Suitors

A man who is courting a woman

Survived

To remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live

T:

The Sirens

Greek mythology, one of a group of sea nymphs who by their sweet singing lured mariners to destruction on the rocks surrounding their island

Trojan

Of or pertaining to ancient Troy or its inhabitants.

U:

Ulysses (Odysseus)

King of Ithaca; son of Laertes; one of the heroes of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey: shrewdest of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War

Underworld

The imagined abode of departed souls or spirits; ruled by Hades.

V: Voyage

A course of travel or passage, esp. a long journey by water to a distant place

W: War

A conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.

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Y: Young

Having the appearance, freshness, vigor, or other qualities of youth

Z: Zeus

The supreme deity of the ancient Greeks; a son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, and Poseidon, and father of a number of gods, demigods, and mortals; the god of the heavens, identified by the Romans with Jupiter

Glossary

Odysseus