Poseidon liked to claim coastal cities as his own since he was god of the sea. Once, Poseidon and Athena went head to head over ownership of a city which would later be named after the victor. The story goes that Athena and Poseidon held a contest to see which one would be able to control the beautiful coastal city. Poseidon raised his hand and made a stream. When the people drank from the stream it turned out to be saltwater, not freshwater.
Hephaestus threw a splash of lava on Poseidon;however, Poseidon comes back with a stronger attack of waves hitting Hephaestus. “Do you really think that's going to stop me.” Hephaestus stated. Before Poseidon could even say anything Hephaestus hit him again with lava.
Then, when he sets sail with his men, Poseidon shipwrecks them on the coast of Phaeacians.
Poseidon is one God against him. Poseidon does everything he can to keep him away from home till Odysseus learns a lesson that Poseidon was trying to get to him. Many Gods also try to help Odysseus, one very helpful one being the god of the wind, Aeolus. Aeolus gives him a sack of wind which helps Odysseus get home but the problem with that. You only get one use out of it so if you open it when you don’t have good timing.
Origin Poseidon is more well known as the God of Sea. He is the descendant of Cronus and Rhea, and his siblings are Zeus, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. Even though it is said that Cronus devoured his children, Poseidon was able to escape thanks to his mother Rhea. It’s believed that Rhea hid Poseidon in a flock of sheep and pretended to give birth to a colt, so Cronus wouldn’t devour him. However there’s another story that says Cronus did devour Poseidon and was confined in Cronus’ stomach until Zeus came saved Poseidon along with the rest of his other siblings.
Odysseus continued to mock Polyphemus as he loaded the Cyclops rams onto the ships. Polyphemus became angry and revealed that Poseidon, the god of the sea, is his father and will prevent them from ever getting back home. Because Odysseus wanted to add insult to injury, he
This powerful god is Poseidon, god of the sea, he tries to ruin Odysseus ’s journey back to his home, Ithaca. Odysseus
Poseidon plans on destroying Odysseus’ crew and ship. Poseidon also attempts destroying Odysseus, but clearly fails. Most of the gods are rooting for Odysseus and the few that aren’t eventually come to realize that they should’ve helped a man in need of getting home and reuniting with his
When asked by the Cyclops where his ship was, Odysseus responded with “My ship? Poseidon Lord, who sets the earth tremble, broke it up on the rocks at your land’s end.” (Homer L 272) Odysseus told the Cyclopes that Poseidon had wrecked his ship. Odysseus was smart by saying this because that meant that the Cyclopes was not going to go look for it and destroy it so that he and his men did not have a way out of the island.
“When that fine ship of those Phaeacians comes back from helping him across, I want to smash it in the sea,” (321, 150-153). Homer details Poseidon getting Zeus involved and through Poseidon's pure rage, he planned to set an example by destroying the Phaeacians that helped Odysseus get back to Ithaca. While Poseidon is plotting against Odysseus, Zeus plans to avenge Poseidon by going after his crew. This shows how good friends Zeus and Poseidon are and they both get their revenge. On Odysseus’ journey back to Ithaca, he meets allies like Aelus, who helps him sail to Ithaca but also learns of Zeus’ immense power.
As Odysseus screams these words polyphemus prays to his father, Poseidon. As a result of his prayer Odysseus is cursed to be lost at sea. Another quote
Odysseus provoked Polyphemus, a giant, one-eyed monster, by plunging a burning stake into his eye and blinding him. In a fit of rage, Polyphemus condemned Odysseus by praying to Poseidon, “ ‘Hear me, great Poseidon; if I am indeed your own true begotten son, grant that Odysseus may never reach his home alive; or if he must get back to his friends at last, let him do so late and in sore plight after losing all his men let him reach his home in another man’s ship and find trouble in his house’ ” (Homer 100). Polyphemus pleaded to Poseidon to help put a curse on Odysseus and make his journey more grueling in order to prevent Odysseus from returning home to Ithaca. Polyphemus asking Poseidon, who is the god of sea, for assistance indicates that even monsters need the help of gods to interfere with a mortal’s
His symbols are the trident, fish, dolphin, earthquakes, horse, and bull (“Poseidon”). Poseidon’s trident is a three-pronged spear that can create waves, foam,tsunamis, and can calm the sea. He also caused earthquakes with his trident if he struck the earth with it in wrath. This upset Hades because it shook the roof of his underworld. Poseidon is credited
However, Zeus saw the two sides of the gods’ feelings towards Odysseus. “‘Great Odysseus/ who excels all men in wisdom... it’s the Earth-Shaker, Poseidon, unappeased,/ forever fuming against him..’” (1.78-83). Zeus created an equilibrium so that Poseidon could take out his anger on Odysseus through punishment, and Athena receives the duty of making sure Odysseus gets home to Ithaca.
Odysseus invoked the wrath of the Greek god Poseidon for the blinding of his son Polyphemus the Cyclops. Odysseus almost escaped the Cyclops and was practically home free before his pride got better of him. Upon leaving, the island where the Cyclops lived Odysseus originally had called himself “No one” when he first blinded Polyphemus but while
