| A | B |
| King Athamas | divorced his wife to marry another |
| Hermes | God who sent a golden ram to rescue Phrixus and Helle |
| Phrixus | Athamas' son |
| Helle | Athamas' daughter |
| Colchis | land ruled by King Aeetes |
| King Aeetes | took Phrixus into his kingdom |
| Pelias | cousin to Jason who stole kingship of Iolcos |
| Argo | Jason's ship |
| Black Sea | where the island of Colchis is located |
| Hera | Goddess who protects Jason |
| Lemnos | island of women who killed all the males |
| Hylas | falls into a spring and dies because of his attraction to a nymph |
| Harpies | bird-like women |
| Phineus | seer who gives advice to Jason |
| Amazons | savage warrior women |
| Apsyrtus | Medea's brother who gets cut into pieces |
| Circe | sorceress who purges Medea and Jason's sins |
| Scylla | cliff |
| Charybdis | whirlpool |
| Talus | gigantic bronze warrior |
| Iolcos | Jason's birthplace |
| Corinth | where Medea and Jason fled to after killing Pelias |