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The following is a family tree of ... and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion ... Poseidon: Zeus: the Muses ...
Poseidon had a variety of roles, duties and attributes. He is a separate deity from the oldest Greek god of the sea Pontus. In Athens his name is superimposed οn the name of the non-Greek god Erechtheus Ἑρεχθεύς (Poseidon Erechtheus).
In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (/ æ m f ɪ ˈ t r aɪ t iː /; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιτρίτη, romanized: Amphitrítē) was the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and her consort is Poseidon.
Benthesikyme (Βενθεσικύμη), daughter of Poseidon, who resided in Ethiopia; Britomartis (Βριτόμαρτις), Cretan goddess of hunting and nets used for fishing, fowling and the hunting of small game; Brizo (Βριζώ), patron goddess of sailors, who sent prophetic dreams; Charon (Χάρων), ferryman of Hades
Cycnus was the son of Poseidon by Calyce (daughter of Hecaton), [2] Harpale, [3] or by Scamandrodice. [4] According to John Tzetzes, his mother Scamandrodice abandoned him on the seashore, but he was rescued by fishermen who named him Cycnus "swan" because they saw a swan flying over him. [4]
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus. [2] They were called Olympians because, according to tradition, they resided on Mount ...
“Poseidon is a Greek god who is alien to our Maya culture," according to the legal complaint filed recently against the statue. “I have a human right for my Maya culture to be preserved.”
The Erythraeans regularly sacrificed to Poseidon Asphaleius to protect the city's walls, as did the Colophonians when in the 4th century BCE they built new fortifications for their town. [8] We also have evidence of several ancient inscriptions that urge townspeople to sacrifice to Poseidon Asphaleius in the aftermath of an earthquake , to ...