Poseidon

Poseidon or Posidon (Greek: Ποσειδῶν, gen: Ποσειδῶνος) is ane o the twal Olympian deities o the pantheon in Greek meethologie. His main domain is the ocean, an he is cried the "God o the Sea". Addeetionally, he is referred tae as "Yird-Shaker"^[1] due tae his role in causin yirdquauks, an haes been cried the "tamer o horse".^[2] He is uisually depictit as an aulder male wi curly hair an beard.

Poseidon
God o the sea, yirdquauks, stuirms, an horse
Poseidon frae Milos, 2nt century BC (Naitional Airchaeological Museum o Athens)
Abode	Sea
Symbol	Trident, Fish, Dowphin, Horse an Bull
Personal Information
Consort	Amphitrite
Childer	Theseus, Triton, Polyphemus, Belus, Agenor, Neleus, Atlas
Parents	Cronus an Rhea
Siblins	Hades, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus
Roman equivalent	Neptune

The name o the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan wis adoptit in Laitin for Neptune in Roman meethologie; baith wur sea gods analogous tae Poseidon. Linear B tablets shaw that Poseidon wis veneratit at Pylos an Thebes in pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece as a chief deity, but he wis integratit intae the Olympian gods as the brither o Zeus an Hades.^[2] Accordin tae some fowklear, he wis savit bi his mither Rhea, who concealed him amang a flock o lamb an pretendit tae hae gien birth tae a cowt, whilk wis devoured bi Cronos.^[3]

Thare is a Homeric hymn tae Poseidon, who wis the protector o mony Hellenic ceeties, awtho he lost the contest for Athens tae Athena. Accordin tae the references frae Plato in his dialogue Timaeus and Critias, the island o Atlantis wis the chosen domain o Poseidon.^[4][5][6][7]