Poseidon
Sign in to savethumb|right|280px|Poseidon greeting Theseus (on the right). Detail, Attic red-figured calyx-krater by Syriscos Painter, 450-500BC from Agrigento. BnF Museum (Cabinet des médailles), Paris
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Poseidon is an ancient Greek god associated with the sea, earthquakes, and horses, depicted in classical art and mythology. He matters as a central figure in Greek religious beliefs and culture, whose image appears throughout surviving artifacts like painted pottery that help us understand how ancient Greeks visualized and worshipped their deities.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Poseidon
- Deity.image
- Statue of Poseidon NAMA 235 (DerHexer), part 2.JPG
- Deity.caption
- The Poseidon of Melos, a statue of Poseidon found in Milos in 1877
- Deity.member_of
- the twelve Olympians
- Deity.abode
- Mount Olympus, or the sea
- Deity.symbol
- Trident, fish, dolphin, horse, bull
- Deity.consort
- Amphitrite
- Deity.parents
- Cronus and Rhea
- Deity.siblings
- Hades, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus
- Deity.Roman_equivalent
- Neptune
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33 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Bronze Age Greece
- Linear B (Mycenean Greek) inscriptions
- Mycenean cult
- Arcadian myths
- Boeotian myths
- Origins
- Cult
- Epithets and attributes
- Festivals
- Temples of Poseidon
- Mythology
- Birth
- Minor myths
- City patronage
- Foundation of Athens
- Others
- Theseus
- Walls of Troy
- Consort, lovers and children
- Rape and assault victims
- List of offspring and their mothers
- Genealogy
- In literature and art
- In modern culture
- Narrations
- Gallery
- Paintings
- Statues
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|right|280px|Poseidon greeting Theseus (on the right). Detail, Attic red-figured calyx-krater by Syriscos Painter, 450-500BC from Agrigento. BnF Museum (Cabinet des médailles), Paris
Poseidon (; ) is one of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. He was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hellenic cities and colonies. In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, Poseidon was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes, with the cult title "earth shaker"; in the myths of isolated Arcadia, he is related to Demeter and Despoina and was venerated as a horse, and as a god of the waters. Poseidon maintained both associations among most Greeks: he was regarded as the tamer or father of horses, who, with a strike of his trident, created springs (the terms for horses and springs are related in the Greek language). His Roman equivalent is Neptune.