| A | B |
|---|
| Alcmene | Heracles' mother |
| Amphitryon | husband of Alcmene, stepfather of Heracles |
| Zeus | father of Heracles, came to Alcmene in disguise of her husband |
| Iphicles | Heracles' twin brother from a different father |
| Megara | wife of Heracles whom he killed along with their children |
| Eurystheus | king of Tyrins, cousin of Heracles for whom he acted as slave |
| Nemean lion | first labor of Heracles, he wore the skin of this beast as a shield over himself |
| Hydra | second labor, nine-headed beast, H. dipped his arrows into its blood for poison |
| golden horned stag | third labor, Heracles brought it back alive to Mycenae |
| Erymanthian boar | fourth labor, trapped it in a net after chasing it into deep snow |
| Augeus' stables | fifth labor, diverted the paths of two rivers to clean these out |
| Stymphalion birds | sixth labor, used bronze rattles to frighten prey which he then shot with arrows shot |
| Golden bull of Crete | seventh labor, brought it to the fgates of Tiryns, then freed it |
| Diomedes' man-eating mares | eighth labor, Heracles brought back these animals to Eurystheus |
| Hippolyta's belt | ninth labor, ended with a battle between Amazons and Heracles, Amazon queen killed |
| cattle of Geryon | tenth labor, Her sent a gadfly to start a stampede which made the labor more difficult |
| golden apples of Hesperides | eleventh labor, with help of Atlas Heracles was able to complete this |
| Atlas | a Titan in charge of holding up the earth. tried to trick Heracles into holding it up |
| Prometheus | Heracles freed from his punishment, killed the eagle eating his liver |
| Cerberus | twelfth labor, took this animal from its home in underworld, freed Theseus also |
| Theseus | accompanied Pirithoos to underworld to get Persephone, but got stuck, rescued by Heracles |
| Deianera | third wife of Heracles, accidently poisoned him |
| Nessus | centaur who almost rapes Deianera when he is shot by Heracles with a poison arrow. |
| Iole | woman mistakenly believed to be a girlfriend of HEracles by Deianera |
| Hera | goddess most unfriendly to Heracles |
| Philoctetes | agrees to set Heracles' funeral pyre on fire, is given Heracles bow and arrow for his task |
| Pelias | king of Thessaly, agrees to keep his rule until Jason comes of age |
| Aeson | father of Jason, killed by his brother Pelias |
| Colchis | home of Medea and the golden fleece |
| Argonauts | 54 sailors among them Hercules, Theseus, Nestor, Peleus and Orpheus |
| Argus | shipbuilder who builds the Argo |
| Jason's first task from Aetes | yoke a plow to two fire breathing bulls |
| Jason's second task from Aetes | sow dragon's teeth into a field |
| magic ointment | soothed the rage of raging bulls |
| magic lotion of invincibility | helped Jason to be unbeatable against the armed warriors |
| Absyrtis | brother of Medea killed and dismembered on the sea to slow down Aetes in his pursuit of Jason |
| Medea | wife of Jason who restored his father to life after Pelias killed him |
| Glauce | daughter of Creon, king of Corinth, intended to marry Jason |
| Corinth | Medea and Jason settle in this town and raise their family |
| Creon | king of Corinth |
| Aegeus | king of Athens who received Medea and became her husband |
