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