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Her mother Cassiopeia foolishly boasts that she is more beautiful than the Nereids, [7] a display of hubris by a human that is unacceptable to the gods. To punish the queen for her arrogance, Poseidon floods the kingdom's coast and sends a sea monster named Cetus to ravage its inhabitants.
Cercyon had his daughter buried alive but Poseidon turned her into the spring, Alope, near Eleusis. [ 203 ] A mortal woman named Cleito once lived on an isolated island; Poseidon fell in love with the human mortal and created a dwelling sanctuary at the top of a hill near the middle of the island and surrounded the dwelling with rings of water ...
This brought the wrath of Poseidon, ruling god of the sea, upon the kingdom of Aethiopia. [4] Accounts differ as to whether Poseidon decided to flood the whole country [5] or direct the sea monster Cetus to destroy it. In either case, trying to save their kingdom, Cepheus and Cassiopeia consulted a wise oracle, who told them that the only way ...
The two, however, defended themselves and, with the aid of Poseidon, killed Theano's sons. She then committed suicide and the brothers fled to the shepherds who had found them. Having found out about their true descent from Poseidon, they released their natural mother Melanippe from prison, and Poseidon restored her sight. [3]
Here she seems to be the main antagonist. As Ariadne's domineering stepmother, she disapproves of her attraction to Jason and tries to kill the hero several times. Her sister, Circe, seems to hold a grudge against her and asks Jason to help kill her. The last episode of season 1 (Touched by the Gods Part 2) revealed that she is the mother of Jason.
A statue of Neptune in the city of Bristol.. Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea and the brother of Zeus, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter.Beckoned by the curse of Polyphemus, his one-eyed giant son, he attempts to make Odysseus' journey home much harder than it actually needs to be.
When her father discovered that, he pushed her off a cliff into the sea. Poseidon then transformed her into an island bearing her name, one of the Echinades islets. Pirene: Pirene fountain: None Pirene was a mortal woman. When her son by Poseidon Cenchrias was killed by Artemis, she was reduced to nothing but tears.
] Mestra's great-granduncle Sisyphus also hoped to win her as a bride for his son Glaucus although that marriage did not take place. [9] [10] Ultimately, Poseidon carried away Mestra to the island of Cos. [11] "And earth-shaking Poseidon overpowered her far from her father, carrying her over the wine-dark sea in sea-girt Cos, clever though she was;