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