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