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