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