God of the Sea, Horses and Earthquakes. Poseidon is the god of the sea ,seahorses, and earthquake. Poseidon is associated with the sea. Poseidon lives in Atlantis that sank thousands of years ago. He had seahorse for his pets and they pull a seashell cart.
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.
Paul O’Sullivan Poseidon: Poseidon is the son of Rhea and Cronus and younger brother of Zeus. He is the god of the sea and father of Polyphemus and seeks revenge on Odysseus for blinding his son. Ogygia: Ogygia is the island where Odysseus was held captive for seven years by Calypso and kept him from returning to Ithaca. Mentor: Mentor is the son of Alcimus and is regularly impersonated by Athena. When Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, goes to serve in the Trojan War, Mentor takes care of his home and becomes the guardian and teacher of his son Telemachus.
So many cities around the world have a statue of Poseidon because Poseidon was friends with the Greeks and they worshiped him. They placed statues around the world so that his statues were near the sea (so he can look after it) and so that he can answer the sailors prayers for calm waters and safe
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
Athena, god of wisdom, is a mentor for Odysseus throughout the challenges the other gods put him in. For example, Polyphemus, a Cyclops, test the leader’s skills by confining the crew in his cave. Subsequently, as Odysseus completes that task another God named Poseidon effects sea travel. The dad of Polyphemus is revealed to be Poseidon, god of sea, earthquakes
The two gods that were most interested were Poseidon and Athena. The two presented themselves in front of Cerpos and he asked them to offer a gift, valuable for Athens. Poseidon went first and struck the ground with his trident. Immediately, streaming water spouted out, but it was salty and was not useful for the people of Athens. Next was Athena, she struck her spear into the ground, kneeled and planted an olive branch in it.
Solomon Northup/Odysseus Essay According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, an odyssey is defined as, “a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune.” The PBS video, Solomon Northup’s Odyssey, displays the hardships of a free African American man who is kidnapped and forced into slavery. During Northup’s twelve year journey as a slave, he faced many unfavorable consequences and few fortunes. Comparatively, in one of Homer’s Greek Epics, The Odyssey, the main character, Odysseus, is held captive by the nymph Calypso and continuously attacked by the God of the Seas, Poseidon.
An honorable trait that’s valued in our society today is the ability to look at a situation from multiple perspectives, which is shown multiple times throughout the Odyssey. Athena and Poseidon didn’t do this. For instance, Athena devoted her role in the story to help get Odysseus home from Troy after twenty years of being away, while Poseidon believed he needed to suffer and ultimately stay away from home longer. “Olympian Zeus,/ have you no care for him in your lofty heart?/ Did he never win your favor with sacrifices/ burned beside the ships on the broad plain of Troy?/ Why, Zeus, why so dead set against Odysseus?”
One really famous story is the fight between Athena and Poseidon which comes in a lot of different variations. One variation of this story is when the original leader of Athens, Cecrops, was looking for a guardian or protector of Athen. Cecrops asked Poseidon and Athena who was more valuable to this city-state. So Poseidon took his trident and struck it to the ground and water came rushing down, but the water was too salty. Then Athena took her sword to the ground and an olive tree arose from the ground.
Poseidon was cooperative and helped the Greeks win the Trojan War.” This shows that Poseidon was generous towards others. Poseidon is very unpredictable and bad-tempered god but still supports us humans each and
One time, Poseidon chained Zeus up with the aid of Hera, Zeus’s wife, because he was thought of as an unruly god. Another myth is that Poseidon mated with Medusa to create Pegasus, the winged horse. A naval power that offended Poseidon was Crete. When its ruler, King Minos, asked the sea god for a sign, a white bull emerged from the waves. A religious custom required King Minos to sacrifice the bull, but he did not.
Poseidon is the God of all water. He even made horses and all sea animals. I chose Percy Jackson as my person of interest because he inspires me. He may not have a good life, from being chased by monsters almost every day, from always made fun of for being a son of the “big three.” The big three are the top three gods, Zeus, king of the gods, and Poseidon and Hades, Zeus’s brothers.
Throughout his voyage, Poseidon delayed him of returning home by providing strong storm on the sea which caused the ship to destroy. Poseidon did not only delay his homecoming, but made him face different dangers and also saved him from the Trojan war. Zeus was the king of the gods who intervenes in dispute between gods and also men. He also has the power to make other gods do what he pleases. In his role in odyssey, he sent Hermes to order calypso to release Odysseus to return to Ithaca.
