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