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