Vocabulary: "The Flight of Icarus"

The Greek hero Odysseus is (a)   . He stays true to his goal of returning home.

Icarus acts in a (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 (a)   , 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 (a)   it again.

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

The warrior Achilles fights bravely during the (a)   , or violence, of the Trojan War.

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

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

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

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