guide to the gods (theoi),
spirits (daimones),
fabulous creatures (theres)
and heroes of ancient
greek mythology
and religion.
i shall name this project tragedy
like my life
or not.
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GREEK NAME Ποσειδων
TRANSLITERATION Poseidôn
LATIN SPELLING Poseidon
ROMAN NAME Neptunus, Neptune
POSEIDON was the Olympian god of the sea, earthquakes, floods, drought and horses. He was depicted as a mature man with a sturdy build and dark beard holding a trident (a three-pronged fisherman's spear).
M Y T H S
At birth Poseidon was swallowed whole by his father Kronos (Cronus), but Zeus later enlisted the aid of the goddess Metis who fed the Titan a magical elixir causing him to disgorge the god.
During the War of the Titanes, the Kyklopes (Cyclopes) crafted a magical trident for Poseidon, and together with his brothers Zeus and Haides he defeated the elder gods and imprisoned them in Tartaros.
Poseidon and his brothers drew lots for the division of the cosmos after the fall of the Titanes, and won the sea as his domain.
When the Gigantes (Giants) besieged the gods of Olympos, Poseidon crushed Polybotes beneath the island of Kos (Cos).
He entered a contest with the goddess Athena for dominion over Athens and produced the very first horse as a gift. But the king refused him the prize and in anger Poseidon afflicted the land with drought.
The god assaulted his sister Demeter in the shape of a horse as she was wandering the earth in search of her daughter Persephone.
Poseidon seduced many nymphs and mortal woman often in the guise of an animal or flowing water. Some of his most famous conquests were the Gorgon Medousa (Medusa), Tyro, Amymone, and Aithra mother of the hero Theseus.
The god helped build the walls of the city of Troy, but when King Laomedon refused the payment he had promised, Poseidon sent a sea-monster to ravage the land.
The hero Odysseus blinded the god's son Polyphemos on his return from Troy and Poseidon sent a storm to scatter and wreck the hero's fleet.
PARENTS cronus and rhea WIFE amphitrite GOD OF king of the sea, earthquakes, floods, horses SYMBOL trident SACRED ANIMALS bull, horse, dolphin SACRED PLANTS pine tree, wild celery RETINUE triton, nereids, sea-gods OTHER NAMES cronides
