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