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Neptune (Latin: Neptūnus [nɛpˈtuːnʊs]) is the god of freshwater and the sea in the Roman religion. [2] He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon. [3] In the Greek-inspired tradition, he is a brother of Jupiter and Pluto, with whom preside over the realms of heaven, the earthly world (including the underworld), and the seas. [4]
[169] [170] A new moon and the smallest yet, Hippocamp, was found in 2013 by combining multiple Hubble images. [171] Because Neptune was the Roman god of the sea, Neptune's moons have been named after lesser sea gods. [54]
Other moons of Neptune are also named for Greek and Roman water gods, in keeping with Neptune's position as god of the sea: [16] either from Greek mythology, usually children of Poseidon, the Greek equivalent of Neptune (Triton, Proteus, Despina, Thalassa); lovers of Poseidon (Larissa); other mythological creatures related to Poseidon ...
King Neptune is a large bronze statue located in Virginia Beach, Virginia designed by Paul DiPasquale. It stands at the entrance of Neptune Park on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk at 31st Street, and depicts the mythological god Neptune. [1] The sculpture weighs 12 tons [2] and is listed as 24 feet (7.3 m) [2] or 32 feet (9.8 m) [3] tall.
According to the second and third Vatican Mythographer, Neptune's trident symbolizes the three properties of water: liquidity, fecundity and drinkability. [12]The trident of Neptune was viewed by Roman scholar Maurus Servius Honoratus as three-pronged because "the sea is said to be a third part of the world, or because there are three kinds of water: seas, streams and rivers".
Rhodos, Benthesikyme, and several paternal half-siblings. Consort. Libya. Children. Triteia, Pallas, Calliste. Triton (/ ˈtraɪtɒn /; Greek: Τρίτων, translit. Trítōn) is a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Triton lived with his parents in a golden palace on the bottom of the sea.
Beginning date. 1563. Completion date. 1566. The Fountain of Neptune (Italian: Fontana di Nettuno) is a monumental civic fountain located in the eponymous square, Piazza del Nettuno, next to Piazza Maggiore, in Bologna, Italy [1] The fountain is a model example of Mannerist taste of the Italian courtly elite in the mid-sixteenth century.
Fountain of Neptune, Florence. Coordinates: 43°46′10.48″N 11°15′21.87″E. The Fountain of Neptune at mid-day. The Fountain of Neptune in Florence, Italy, (Italian: Fontana del Nettuno) is situated in the Piazza della Signoria (Signoria Square), in front of the Palazzo Vecchio. The fountain was commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici in ...