The Odyssey Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. The animal that helped Odysseus escape the Cyclop's cave
   Ram
2. Warns Odysseus about the sirens
   Circe
3. The Trojan War was fought here
   Troy
4. Another term for cows
   Kine
5. God of the sky/weather
   Zeus
6. The "native bloom" that makes people forgetful of their homeland
   Lotus
7. What quality is Odysseus famous for?
   Guile
8. What is the name of the whirlpool?
   Charybdis
9. Sea monster who eats Odysseus's men
   Scylla
10. Another name for Helios
    Lord of Noon
11. How long was Odysseus away from home?
    20 years
12. Where is Odysseus's home?
    Ithaca
13. A detailed comparison, using like or as, that is many lines in length
    Epic Simile
14. What does Odysseus give the Cyclops?
    Brandy
15. Author of The Odyssey
    Homer
16. Describe the exploits or quest of an epic hero
    Epic
17. The real name of Poseidon's son
    Polyphemus
18. The Sun God
    Helios
19. "If you raid the beeves, I see destruction for ship and crew"
    Tiresias
20. "So let me tell her forecast: then we die with our eyes open"
    Odysseus
21. Used as earplugs
    Beeswax
22. Odysseus's mom who he sees in the underworld
    Anticlea
23. God of the sea/earthquakes
    Poseidon
24. How is Odysseus's ship destroyed?
    Lightning bolt from Zeus
25. How long was the Trojan War?
    10 years
26. Goddess of wisdom and war
    Athena
27. The "narrow strait" Tiresias says will take them through Poseidon's wrath
    Denial of yourself and restraint of shipmates
28. The nymph Odysseus lives with at the VERY end of his journey
    Calypso
29. What Circe turned Odysseus's men into
    Swine
30. Odysseus's fatal flaw
    Hubris
31. Fell off Circe's roof and died
    Elpenor
32. "Sweet coupled airs we sing. No lonely seafarer holds clear of entering our green mirror"
    Sirens
33. God of the Underworld
    Hades
34. Gives Odysseus a ship to get home
    Alcinous
35. Eats several of Odysseus's men in a cave
    Cyclops
36. Ancient Greek value
    Honor the Gods
37. Mother of the Cyclops
    Thoosa
38. Home of the Gods
    Olympus
39. People who ambushed Odysseus's men on Ismarus
    Cicones
40. Belief that hospitality is important - especially to strangers
    Xenia
41. Calypso's Home
    Ogygia Isle
42. Convinced the men to eat the cattle
    Eurylochus
43. The gift Aeolus gives to Odysseus
    Bag of Wind
44. Messenger to the Gods
    Hermes