| A | B |
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| Acrisius | King of Argos whose grandson was prophesied to kill him. |
| Danae | Princess of Argos who was impregnated by Zeus and bore a son. |
| Delphi | home of the oracle of Apollo |
| Zeus | appears to Danae as a shower of gold. |
| Dictys | poor fisherman on island of Seriphus, brother of king, finds Danae |
| Perseus | son of Zeus and Danae, kills Medusa |
| Polydectes | ruler of Seriphus, falls in love with Danae |
| gorgon | monster with large teeth, wings, bird claws and snakes for hair |
| Medusa | once a human, vain about her beauty, turned to a monster by Athena |
| Athena | gave the aegis to Perseus for his mission |
| aegis | shield |
| Hermes | gave his cap, sandals, sword and a sack to Perseus |
| Seriphus | island where Polydectes was king |
| Cepheus | king of Ethiopia, father of Andromeda |
| Cassiopeia | angered Nereus' daughter by boasting of her beauty |
| Andromeda | about to be sacrificed to a sea monster when rescued by Perseus |
| Larissa | place where Perseus met his grandfather |
| Tiryns | town where Perseus became ruler |
| Aethra | Theseus' mother, daughter of King of Troezen |
| Aegeus | king of Athens, threw himself into the see on believing his son dead. |
| Poseidon | believed to be the true father of Theseus |
| Procrustes | a wicked innkeeper who tortured his guests to death depending on their size. |
| Medea | wife of Aegeus, gave Theseus poison to drink, was expelled from Athens |
| Minos | king of Crete, failed to keep his promise of sacrificing his best bull to Poseidon |
| Pasiphae | wife of Minos, conceived minotaur |
| minotaur | half bull, half human, lived in labyrinth |
| Daedalus | famous architect who designed the labyrinth |
| Ariadne | daughter of Minos, fell in love with Theseus |
| Naxos | island where Ariadne was left after she saved Theseus |
| Dionysus | found Ariadne and married her |
| Heracles | cousin of Theseus who rescued him from the underworld in his 12th labor |
| Aegean Sea | sea named after Athens' king |
| Antiope | Amazon wife of Theseus with whom he had a son, Hippolytus |
| Pirithous | Theseus' friend whom he accompanied to the underworld to bring back Persephone. |
| Phaedra | second wife of Theseus who falls in love with her stepson |
| Hippolytus | son of Theseus and Antiope, victim of Phaedra's lies |
| Theseus | killed the minotaur with the help of Ariadne and Daedalus |
