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| Augean Stables | Stables that hadn't been cleaned in 30 years. One of Hercules tasks |
| Amazons | The Queen was Hippolyta. |
| Andromeda | A princess who was sacrificed to Poseidon but saved by Perseus |
| Argonauts | A group of hereos who were on a quest to find the golden fleece, |
| Ariadne | Cretan princess who loved Thesus and aided in killing Minotaur |
| Atalanta | Huntress ,who was raised by a bear, helped kill the Calydonian Boar |
| Bellerophon | Hero who killed the Chimera and succesfully defeated the Amazons |
| Calydonian Boar | Animal that was sent by Artemis. Killed by Atalanta and Melaegar |
| Charybdis | A sea monster who lived in the Strait of Messina. Actually a whirlpool |
| centaur | Half human, Half horse. |
| Cerberus | Multi-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld. |
| Chimera | Monster with parts of a lion, goat, and snake.Killed by Bellerophon |
| Chiron | Most important centaur because of his teaching abilities. |
| Circe | Enchantress who could turn humans into animals. Lover of Odysseus |
| Clashing Rocks | Twin rocks that would clash together when anything would try to pass |
| Cretan Bull | Father of the Minotaur. One of the Labors of Heracles to capture it |
| Cyclops | Gigantic one eyed monstors with a great strength. Released by Zeus |
| Daedalus | Craftsmen who created the labyrinth. Gifted Apollo his wings. |
| Golden Apples | A fruit of temptation. Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera claimed it. |
| Golden Fleece | Object of desire for the Argonauts and Jason. Guarded by a dragon |
| Golden Ram | Ram sent down by Nephele to help two children. Had golden fleece |
| Gorgons | Three sisters who were monsters. The most famous was Medusa |
| Graeae | Three sisters who shared one eye and a tooth. |
| Griffin | Part eagle and part lion. |
| Harpies | Body of a bird and the face of human. Used to torment King Phineus |
| Helen | Daughter of Zeus. Was the reason the Trojan War started. |
| Hercules | Greatest of all Greek Heroes. Protagonist in hundreds of myths |
| Hippomenes | Fell in love with Atalanta, with the golden apples she became his wife |
| Icarus | Son of Daedalus. Flew too high and his wings melted. Drowned |
| Jason | A hero who was leader of the Argonautic Expedition |
| King Minos | Made Aegeus sacrifice seven girls and boys to Minotaur. |
| Labyrinth | Created by Daedalus to hold the Minotaur. |
| Lernian Hydra | Serpent with many heads. Cut one off two more would grow back. |
| Medea | Wife of Jason. Aided Jason with tasks needed to get golden fleece |
| Medusa | One of the Gorgons. Had snakes for hair and was killed by Perseus |
| Minos | King of Crete. Made Aegeus sacrifice fourteen youths. |
| Minotaur | Body of a man,head of a bull.Lived in labyrinth and killed by Theseus |
| Nemean Lion | Lion that had impenetrable fur. One of Hercules first labors to kill it |
| Orestes | Son of Agamemnon. Avenged death of father by killing mother. |
| Pandora | Sent by Zeus. Opened a box that had all the evils and diseases. |
| Pegasus | Immortal winged horse that belonged to Bellerophon. |
| Pelias | King of Iolcus.Uncle of Jason. Sent Jason to find the Golden fleece |
| Perseus | Son of Zeus. Known for killing Medusa |
| Phineus | King of Thrace. Tormented by Harpies and helped Jason find Colchis |
| Python | Earth dragon of Delphi.Used to hunt Zeus' lover, Leto.Killed by Apollo |
| satyr | Men with horse's ears and tail. Were lustful, drunken woodland gods |
| Scylla | A monstor who lived on the other side near Charybdis. |
| Sirens | Sung songs that could lure sailors to their death. Killed by Odysseus |
| Sphinx | Head of a human, body of a lion. Lived outside of Thebes with riddles |
| Theseus | Hero who killed the Marathonian Bull and the Minotaur |
| triton | Son of Poseidon who was able to tame the waves using a conch. |
| Aeneas | mythical hero of Troy and Rome; son of the goddess Aphrodite and Anchises |
| Agamemnon | king of Mycenae; Leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War |
| Ajax | also known as Aias; contributed 12 ships and many men to the Greek army sent to battle the Trojans. |
| Calypso | daughter of the Titan Atlas; entertained the Greek hero Odysseus for seven years |
| Cassandra | blessed with the gift of foreseeing the future; her curse was that no one believed her |
| Circe | powerful enchantress; capable of turning human beings into animals |
| Clytemnestra | the wife of Agamemnon; sister of Helen; daughter of Tyndareus and Leda |
| Dido | founder and queen of Carthage; had a love affair with Trojan hero Aeneas |
| Diomedes | king of Argos; son of Tydeus; commander of 80 ships during the Trojan War |
| Discordia | also known as Eris; goddess of strife and discord; name means "disagreement" |
| Eris | also known as Discordia; goddess of strife and discord; sent the golden apple to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis |
| Golden Apple | "the fruit of discord" sent by Eris to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis |
| Hector | leader of the Trojan Army; considered the greatest warrior of Troy |
| Hecuba | wife of King Priam; mother of Cassandra, Paris and Hector |
| Helen | daughter of Zeus; her abduction led to the Trojan War |
| Iphigenia | sacrificed by her father Agamemon during the Trojan War |
| Land of Lotus Eaters | place where the natives give some of Odysseus's men the intoxicating fruit of the lotus. |
| Menalaus | king of Sparta; the abduction of his wife, Helen, led to the Trojan War |
| Nestor | king of Pylos; helped Jason retrieve the Golden Fleece from the land of Colchis |
| Odysseus | also known as Ulysses; king of Ithaca; married his daugther Penelope; |
| Paris | son of King Priam; His seduction of Helen and refusal to return her was the cause of the Trojan War. |
| Peleus | husband of Thetis; father of hero Achilles |
| Penelope | wife of Odysseus |
| Polyphemus | the giant son of Poseidon; famous Cyclops |
| Priam | last king of Troy; married to Hecuba; father of Hector and Paris |
| Sirens | singing enchantresses capable of luring passing sailors to their islands |
| Telemachus | the son of Odysseus and Penelope |
| Thetis | a sea nymph; wife of Peleus; mother of Achilles |
| Trojan Horse | huge wooden horse constructed by the Greeks to gain entrance into Troy during the Trojan War. |
| Ulysses | also known as Odysseus; king of Ithaca; married his daugther Penelope; |
