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