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