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