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