| A | B |
|---|
| Perseus | child of Danae |
| King Acrisius | Perseus’s grandfather, king of Argos |
| Danae | only child of Acrisius |
| Zeus | ruler of gods |
| Dictys | fisherman in the island of Seriphos |
| Polydectes | king of Seriphos, brother of Dictys |
| Hermes | messenger of the gods |
| Graeae | three old women |
| Gorgon Medusa | terrible monster |
| Pegasus | winged horse |
| Andromeda | beautiful girl saved by Perseus |
| Jason | son of Aeson |
| Aeson | king of Iolcos |
| Pelias | wicked uncle of Jason |
| Hera | wife of Zeus |
| Golden Fleece | sheepskin made of gold |
| Aeetes | king of Colchis |
| Medea | daughter of Aeetes |
| Theseus | son of king Aegeus |
| Periphetes | club-bearer |
| Sinis | killed unlucky travellers by tying them to two bent pine trees |
| Sciron | kicked the passers-by off the narrow cliff path |
| Procrustes | evil man who offered hospitality to tired travellers |
| Minotaur | terrible creature, half man, half bull |
| Daedalus | Greek inventor |
| king Minos | Crete |
| Pasiphae | Minos’s wife |
| Ariadne | Minos’s daughter |
| Heracles | his father was Zeus and his mother Alcmene |
| Megara | wife of Heracles |
| Eurystheus | king of Argos |
| Lernaean Hydra | monster that had the body of a dog out of which grew many snake heads |
| Ioalaus | nephew of Heracles |
| Augeas | king of Elis |
| Diomedes | king of Thrace |
| Amazons | race of warrior women |
| Hippolyta | queen of the Amazons |
| Ares | god of war |
| Geryon | strongest man on earth that had three heads, six hands and three bodies |
| Orthrus | watchdog |
| Atlas | held up the sky on his shoulders |
| Cerberus | three-headed hound of Hell |
| Odysseus | king of Ithaca |
| Cyclops Polyphemus | son of Poseidon |
| Aeolus | ruler of the winds |
| Laestrygonians | cannibals |
| Eurylochus | Odysseus’s lieutenant |
| Circe | turned the men into pigs |
| Tiresias | seer |
| Sirens | bewitched all who heard them |
| Charybdis | giant whirlpool |
| Scylla | dog-like monster with six heads and twelve feet |
| Helios or Hyperion | sun god |
| Calypso | nymph |
| Nausicaa | daughter of king Alcinous |
| Telemachus | Odysseus’s son |
| Penelope | Odysseus’ wife |
| Eurycleia | Odysseus’s old nurse |
| Phemius | bard |
