Poseidon
Greek · deity · primordial · deity
Greek god of sea, earthquakes, horses; brother of Zeus. Defining antagonist of Odysseus throughout the Odyssey for the blinding of his son Polyphemus. Lost the contest with Athena over Athens (offered a saltwater spring; Athena offered the olive tree). The Isthmian Games were his Panhellenic festival.
Children
Domains
- sea
- earthquakes
- horses
Powers
- Create the horse
- Raise and calm sea-storms
- Shake the earth / cause earthquakes
- Transform into animal shapes
Epithets
- Ἐνοσίχθων
- Γαιήοχος
- Ἵππιος
- Ἀσφάλιος
- κυανοχαίτης
- Πελάγιος
- ἐννοσίγαιος
- Ἑλικώνιος
- Φυτάλμιος
Relations
- lover: Libya
- lover: Pitane
- lover: Chione
- equated with: Neptunus
- lover: Eurynome
- lover: Tyro
- lover: Aethra
- sibling: Zeus
- interpretatio: Neptunus
- interpretatio: Horse-Lord of the Waters Thagimasadas