| A | B |
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| Jason | Sailed to Cholchis to retrieve the golden fleece |
| Phrixus | he flew the golden ram to Cholchis and lost his sister, Helle, over the Hellespont |
| Helle | Phrixus' sister who gave her name to the Hellespont because she fell off the golden ram into the waters there |
| Pelias | he usurped the thrown from Jason's father and sent Jason out to get the golden fleece |
| Argo | the boat with prophetic, talking prow that Jason sailed to Cholchis in search of the golden fleece |
| Hercules | the great hero of twelve labors, known for his terrific strength, carried a club and sailed on the Argo |
| Orpheus | the famous musician who calmed the beasts of Hades with his songs and came on the voyage of the Argo |
| Castor and Pollux | twins loved dearly at Rome, were known as great equestrians, and who traveled with Jason on the Argo |
| Peleus | Achilles' father, who was doomed to be second in every competition and traveled on the Argo |
| Lemnos | an island in the Aegean populated only by women who hosted Jason and the heroes of the Argo on their journey to Cholchis |
| Harpies | half women and half birds, these beasts kept Phinius from his food by pooping on his plate |
| Phineus | the king who foretold to Jason the way to get through the Symplegades |
| Symplegades | the great clashing rocks that would have smashed the Argo had Jason not first let a dove fly through |
| Aeetes | the king of Cholchis who tries to kill Jason with fire-breathing bulls, an army of men, and a dragon to keep him from the golden fleece |
| fire breathing bulls | Jason had to tame these beasts and then plow a field with them so that crops could be harvested in one day |
| dragons teeth | when planted as seeds they grow into armed warriors; Jason defeated an army of them by throwing a boulder into their ranks and causing confusion such that they killed one another |
| Colchis | a kingdom on the eastern side of the Black Sea where king Aeetes kept his golden fleece |
| Medea | Aeetes daughter who fell in love with Jason and helped him to get the golden fleece and escape from Cholchis |
