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