| A | B |
| Typhon | last monster produced by Gea after Titans were killed by Olympians in Titanomachy; stole Zeus' lightning bolts |
| Cadmos | brother of Europa; plays panspipes to defeat Typhon; creates alphabet; builds Thebes after sowing dragon's teeth |
| Europa | carried off to Crete on back of Zeus in form of bull; mother of Minos and Radamanthys |
| Harmonia | wife of Cadmos; mother of Semele |
| Semele | mother of Dionysus, but killed by Zeus' brightness; saved from Hades by Dionysus |
| Dionysus/Bacchus | son of Zeus and Semele; born from Zeus' thigh; god of wine and vegetation |
| Io | turned into a cow by Zeus; guarded by Argos who had 100 eyes; killed by Hermes; his eyes were put in the tail of the peacock |
| Syrinx | nymph loved by Pan; turned into a reed; became panspipes |
| Argos | guardian of Io; his eyes put in tail of peacock |
| Corbantes/Bacchantes;Maenads | worshippers of Bacchus |
| Pirates | kidnapped Dionysus; turned into dolphins |
| Seilenos | follower of Dionysus; captured but returned to Dionysus by Midas |
| King Midas | receives golden touch from Dionysus but washed it off in river; gets ass's ears from Apollo |
| Asclepios | god of healing; brought people back to life; turned into a god; son of Apollo |