A | B |
Deucalion and Pyrrha | survived the flood; repopulated the earth |
bones of your mother | stones of the earth thrown over Decalion's and Pyrrha's shoulders to repopulate the earth |
Furies | goddesses of vengeance |
Athens | city named for Athena |
Poseidon and Athena | competed for control of Athens |
horse | offered to Athens by Poseidon |
olive tree | given to Athens by Athena |
Heracles (Hercules) | hero who completes twelve labors |
Nemean Lion | Hercules strangles it; hide too tough to penetrate |
Hydra | Hercules' cuts off head, but two grow back; cauterizes the wound to stop the heads from growing back |
stables of Augeas | stables with giant horses that were never cleaned; Hercules diverts a river to clean them |
Stymphalian birds | birds with brazen feathers; Hercules scares them of with rattle |
girdle of Hippolyta | Hercules gets this from Hippolyta |
golden apples of the Hersperides | taken from Atlas after Hercules temporarily holds up the sky |
Deianeira | wife of Hercules |
Nessos the centaur | attacks Deianeira; gives poisonous vial of his blood to her |
death of Hercules | skin melts off because of blood of Nessos |
Semele | mother of Dionysus; burned to death by Zeus' godliness |
Dionysus (Bacchus) | god of wine and vegetation; kidnapped by pirates |
Io | turned into a cow; guarded by Argus |
peacock | tail contains the eye of Argus |
Asclepios | god of healing; brought people back to life; turned into a god; son of Apollo |