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