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Poseidon from Milos, 2nd century BC (National Archaeological Museum of Athens)
God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses
Abode Sea
Symbol Trident, Fish, Dolphin, Horse and Bull
Consort Amphitrite
Parents Cronus and Rhea
Siblings Hades, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus
Children Theseus, Triton, Polyphemus, Belus, Agenor, Neleus
Roman equivalent Neptune
Ancient Greek religion
Hellenismos
Features[show]
Hubris ? Reciprocity ? Virtue
Doctrines[show]
Mythology ? Orthopraxy ? Polytheism
Practices[show]
Amphidromia ? Animal sacrifice ? Iatromantis ? Libations ? Pharmakos ? Temples ? Votive Offerings
Deities[show]
Twelve Olympians:
Aphrodite ? Apollo ? Ares ? Artemis ? Athena ? Demeter ? Dionysus ? Hades ? Hephaestus ? Hera ? Heracles ? Hermes ? Hestia ? Poseidon ? Zeus
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Primordial deities:
Aether ? Chaos ? Cronus ? Erebus ? Gaia ? Hemera ? Nyx ? Tartarus ? Uranus
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Lesser gods:
Eros ? Hebe ? Hecate ? Helios ? Herakles ? Iris ? Nike ? Pan ? Selene
Texts[show]
Argonautica ? Bibliotheca ? Corpus Hermeticum ? Delphic Maxims ? Homeric Hymns ? Iliad ? Odyssey ? Orphic Hymns ? Theogony ? Works and Days
See also[show]
Decline of Hellenistic polytheism ? Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism ? Supreme Council of Ethnikoi Hellenes
Hellenismos portal
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Poseidon or Posidon (Greek: Ποσειδῶν) is one of the twelve Olympian deities of the pantheon in Greek mythology. His main domain is the ocean, and he is called the "God of the Sea". Additionally, he is referred to as "Earth-Shaker"[1] due to his role in causing earthquakes, and has been called the "tamer of horses".[2]
The name of the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology; both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon. Linear B tablets show that Poseidon was venerated at Pylos and Thebes in pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece as a chief deity, but he was integrated into the Olympian gods as the brother of Zeus and Hades.[2] There is a Homeric hymn to Poseidon, who was the protector of many Hellenic cities, although he lost the contest for Athens to Athena.
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