Vocabulary
To make amends
Atone
Lord of the dead
Hades
Mother of Hercules
Alcmena
River that flows around the underworld
River Styx
Nine-headed offspring of Echidna
Hydra
brave, courageous
Father of Hercules
Zeus
tribe of wild, warlike women
Amazons
Includes the Strait of Gibraltar...
Pillars of Hercules
Three bodied on two legs
Geryon
to hold back
detained (detain)
God of nature
Pan
Father of Andromeda
King Cepheus
Home of dangerous birds with sharp, brass feathers
Stymphalian Lake
Serpent headed sister of Gorgon
Medusa
beseeching (beseech)
Goddess of the Harvest
Demeter
Grandfather of Perseus, inherited the throne of Argos
Acrisius
City founded by Perseus
Mycanae
Three headed dog of Hades
Cerberus
poor person
pauper
Led by curiosity to release miseries from her jar
Pandora
Strongest mortal to ever live
Heracles (aka Hercules)
"hometown" of Perseus
Argos
A centaur with bad blood
Nessus