| A | B |
| Nemean Lion | Hercules' first labor |
| Hydra | when you cut off one head, two grew back; killed by Hercules |
| Medusa | snakes for hair, look that turned you to stone, killed by Perseus |
| Minotaur | half man, half bull; killed by Theseus |
| Chimaera | part lion, part goat, part snake; killed by Bellerophon |
| Pegasus | ridden by Bellerophon |
| Cerberus | three headed hound in the underworld |
| Harpies | had heads of women, bodies of birds, snatched and defiled food |
| Sirens | sea-nymphs whose singing would cause you to leap into the sea |
| Polyphemus | cyclops blinded by Odysseus |
| Sphinx | head of a woman, body of a lion, would waylay travelers with riddles |
| Scylla | monster surrounded by dogs' heads who lured sailors to their doom |
| Charybdis | monster/whirlpool who lured sailors to their doom |
| Chiron | wisest of the centaurs, half man-half horse |
| Charon | ferryman in the underworld across the river Styx |