What wardoes theIliad tellabout?What is arhapsode?xeniameans...in mediasresmeans...Who isPenelope?True orFalse: Greekgods alwaysbehaved wellHow longhasOdysseusbeen awayfrom home?What is acommon themebetween theOdyssey andthe Iliad?WasHomerreal?What is onewayrhapsodesmemorizedepic poems?T or F: TheOdysseybegins at thestart ofOdysseus'journey.Whowrote TheOdyssey?Hubrismeans...Free!Was theOdysseyoriginallywritten orrecited?What isHomer'sother famousepic?How manylines arein thepoem?Whichgod didOdysseusanger?What wardoes theIliad tellabout?What is arhapsode?xeniameans...in mediasresmeans...Who isPenelope?True orFalse: Greekgods alwaysbehaved wellHow longhasOdysseusbeen awayfrom home?What is acommon themebetween theOdyssey andthe Iliad?WasHomerreal?What is onewayrhapsodesmemorizedepic poems?T or F: TheOdysseybegins at thestart ofOdysseus'journey.Whowrote TheOdyssey?Hubrismeans...Free!Was theOdysseyoriginallywritten orrecited?What isHomer'sother famousepic?How manylines arein thepoem?Whichgod didOdysseusanger?

The Odyssey Background Knowledge - 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.


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  1. What war does the Iliad tell about?
  2. What is a rhapsode?
  3. xenia means...
  4. in medias res means...
  5. Who is Penelope?
  6. True or False: Greek gods always behaved well
  7. How long has Odysseus been away from home?
  8. What is a common theme between the Odyssey and the Iliad?
  9. Was Homer real?
  10. What is one way rhapsodes memorized epic poems?
  11. T or F: The Odyssey begins at the start of Odysseus' journey.
  12. Who wrote The Odyssey?
  13. Hubris means...
  14. Free!
  15. Was the Odyssey originally written or recited?
  16. What is Homer's other famous epic?
  17. How many lines are in the poem?
  18. Which god did Odysseus anger?