Europa
Queen of Crete; chosen by Zeus
King Agenor
King of Tyre; Europa's father; descendant of IO
Talos
bronze robot who protects Europa
Cadmus
Brother of Europa; King of Thebes
Harmonia
Cadmus's Queen; daughter of Aphrodite
King Minos
son of Zeus and Europa; King of Crete
King Sarpedon
son of Zeus and Europa
Rhadamanthus
son of Zeus and Europa, judge of the dead
Tantalus
son of Zeus; father of Pelops
Pelops
son of Tantalus; founded Olympic Games
Oenomaus
King of Elis; son of Ares; had a team of horses from Ares
Danaus
King of Lybia becomes king of Argos; Danaides
Aegyptus
brother of danaus; 50 sons
Hypermnestra
eldest daughter; queen of argos
Danae
granddaughter of Hypermnestra and Lynceis; Mother of Perseus; didn't kill her husband
Acrisius
grandfather of Perseus; grandson of Hypermnestra and Lyneis; locked Danae in a tower
Medusa
Gorgon sister; turned people into stone
Gray Sisters
sisters of Gorgons; knew where the nymphs of the north lived
Pegasus
winged horse; came out of Medusa's neck; entered Olympus; carried Zeus's thunderbolts
Andromeda
Perseus's wife; daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia
Perseus
son of Danae and Zeus; King of Argos
King Cepheus
father of Andromeda
Queen Cassiopeia
mother of Andromeda; said her daughter was more beautiful than the Nereids
Marsyas
a satyr; challenged Apollo to contest; lost
King Midas
stupid king; got donkey ears
Sisyphus
Clever King of Corinth; punished in underworld
Asopus
River God; father of Aegina
Bellerophon
grandson of Sisyphus; great tamer of horses
Chimera
lion, goat, serpent that breathes fire
Melampus
understood the language of animals
King of Tiryns
father of the mad cow daughters
Heracles
son of Zeus and Alcmena; strongest mortal
Alcmena
mother of Heracles
Eurystheus
cousin of Heracles; orders the labors
Nemean Lion
Echidna's offspring; no weapon could impenetrate his hide
Hydra
9-headed poisonous beast; offspring of Echidna
Amazons
tribe of wild and fierce women
Hippolyta
Queen of Amazons; died in battle
King Diomedes
inhospitable King; 4 man-eating mares
Geryon
monster with 3 bodies on one pair of legs
Nereus
old gray man of the sea; knows where the gardens of hesperides lay
Ladon
100 headed dragon that protected the Golden Apple Tree
Antaeus
giant wrestler; son of Mother Earth
Cerberus
three- headed watchdog of the Underworld
King Admetus
King of Thessely; husband of Alcestis
Queen Alcestis
Queen of Thessely; she gave up her life for her husband
Princess Deianira
Hercules's wife; got poison from a centaur
Nessus
a centaur; gave Deianira poisonous blood
Hebe
Goddess of Eternal Youth; Hercules's Olympian wife
Thebes
walled city with seven gates
Mycenae
city founded by Perseus; Heracles's home
Argos
Perseus was raised there; ruled after Acrisius fled
Stymphalian Lake
home of dangerous brass birds
Pillars of Hercules
straight that separates Europe from Africa; Straight of Gibraltar
Queen Omphale
Queen of Lydia; enslaved Hercules for 3 years