Poseidon:God of the Sea.
Poseidon, the great Greek ruler of the sea , horses and the earthquakes. His ancestry comes from the family of the Olympians that roamed the world in 2200 B.C . With the father of Cronus and mother of Rhea and having the famous brother of Zeus. Who fortunately saved him from being ate by his notable father ,Cronus. He was saved when Rhea,” the mother of all gods”, had deceived Cronus into eating a rock instead of eating another one of his offspring (“Rhea”) .Similar to what Cronus he did to Hestia , Pluto , Hera and Demeter. Which at that time would have been the newborn, Zeus. When he ate the stone he resulted by throwing up all the children.
Leading to the overthrow of the great ruler known as Cronus ("The myths of Poseidon, God of the sea"), the battle of Titanomony. They released three cyclopes from the pit of the underworld and to help aid them in the war.The cyclopes returned a favor to them by granting Zeus’ power of lightning, the “invincibility helmet” of Hades and most importantly the trident of Poseidon.The three pronged weapon gave Poseidon the powers need to defeat Cronus and the Titans. Using the powers given to them by the cyclopes eventually overthrowing his powerful father ,Cronus, with the help of his brothers Zeus and Hades in the battle of Titanomony. The battle resulted in the Titans and the monster of the underworld ,Typon, getting sent into the “underworld” known as “Tartarus”.By defeating Cronus they split their power into three. Zeus getting the power to rule the sky and Earth.Then Hades got the privilege to rule the area known as the "underworld" .The third and final area split up between Zeus, Poseidon and Hades was ruling of the sea ("The myths of Poseidon, God of ...
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...jor problem to ancient Greek because the Poseidon controls the sea it can cause destruction and death.
He was responsible for violent storms and earthquakes. The following story showed of Poseidon’s adventure. The god, Poseidon, was known to have an ill temper. At one point, he released tempests and earthquakes out of loneliness and anger. To combat his loneliness, he went out to find a wife and eventually set his sights of a Nymph named Amphitrite. She was the daughter of the Titan Oceanus who wanting to keep her virginity. Titan ended up rejecting Poseidon saying he was too violent, so he fled to the Atlas Mountains. The love struck Poseidon sent the dolphin king and messenger Delphinus to find his love. When Delphinus found her, he promised her that if she married Poseidon he would calm the seas. Thus, they were wed eventually having two children: Rhode Benthesicyme,
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He was the father of all the rivers and lakes of the world. But then the Olympians rebelled against the Titans, Zeus drove Cronus into the western ocean. When Zeus had taken his place as head of the gods, not even the oceans tides could defy him.
Poseidon, the god of the sea, is angered by the death of his son, the Cyclops. When Odysseus and his crew stopped off at the Cyclopes island on their way home from war, the cyclops, Polyphemus, begins terrorizing Odysseus’ men. Odysseus blinded him and boasted about the event. He sends storms against Odysseus and tries to wreak his ship in Book 5. While shipwrecked at sea, on a raft – which was aided by Athena – Poseidon sends another storm, washing Odysseus up on shore. Eventually, Odysseus is on another ship gifted to him by the Phaeacians, Poseidon turns the ship to stone and sinks while pulling into the harbor at Scheria. The idea that “a bad storm” can affect a well-trained
Poseidon is a god of many names. He is most famous as the god of the sea. The son of Cronus and Rhea, Poseidon is one of six siblings who eventually "divided the power of the world." His brothers and sisters include: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Zeus. The division of the universe involved him and his brothers, Zeus and Hades. Poseidon became ruler of the sea, Zeus ruled the sky, and Hades got the underworld. The other divinities attributed to Poseidon involve the god of earthquakes and the god of horses. The symbols associated with Poseidon include: dolphins, tridents, and three-pronged fish spears.
Poseidon is one of the strongest gods in Greek mythology. Poseidon was the god of water, horses, and earthquakes. He was thought to be the reason for boat wrecks, and drowning’s.
The Mystical function of myth is to endow listeners with a feeling of awe, a sense of wonder, and the desire to know more. The gods do this with the fantastical feats they accomplish. However, today with science we no longer believe that Poseidon causes earthquakes; instead, we trust that the source of Earthquakes is the movement of fault lines in the Earth’s crust. Of course, the sea still fascinates many, mostly because not everything is known about what is down there. So, one could argue that by simply acknowledging that we are unaware of everything there is to know the world still has an air of mystique without the gods.
Poseidon, god of the sea and earthquakes, was most at home in the depths of the
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Ancient Greece was overseen by many gods and goddesses, but there were few gods that held more power than other. Poseidon was one of those gods and he was the god of water, earthquakes and horses. Through his abilities he was capable of doing extraordinary things. We are fortunate enough to some of that power has been recorded and displayed through various art and stories. Poseidon’s power and will was very prominent in ancient Greece through various forms of art, epics, and other oral stories.
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Poseidon is a very important God to the Greek culture.Not just because of his powers and ruling of the sea but also because he explains many natural disasters.The Greek culture uses him to also help explain why several events that had occurred in the history of Greece.Giving reasoning to something that they really don’t understand why something had happened.Thats why the Poseidon is famous Greek God that he is today.
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