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 |