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