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