Vocabulary: "The Flight of Icarus"

The Greek hero Odysseus is __________. He stays true to his goal of returning home.

Icarus acts in a __________, or foolish, manner when he chooses to fly close to the sun. The heat melts his wings, and he falls.

The hero Heracles fights __________, in anger, with a fierce wild boar before he defeats it.

Each day, Penelope weaves a cloth while waiting for Odysseus to return. Each night, she __________ it again.

King Minos of Crete has a twisting __________ built. The maze is home for the Minotaur, a monster.

The warrior Achilles fights bravely during the __________, or violence, of the Trojan War.

When Odysseus finally returns home, he hugs his wife, greeting her with a warm __________.

A god in a myth might help a person in need, or might __________ that person to fate.

During the Trojan War, Greek soldiers slip into Troy by hiding in a __________ wooden horse.

In a Greek myth, the __________, or gloomy, boatman, Charon, takes Psyche to the underworld.