What a great story! Although Poseidon can behave a bit irrationally in some of the other myths, this tale portrays him as an honorable god. Although he lost the competition against Athena, he acted very nicely by congratulating her and not causing the people of Athens any trouble. What a great way to show your child how to act if they lose a competition!
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There is another version of this myth which suggests that Rhea had already saved Poseidon by hiding him among a flock of lambs and instead telling Cronus that she had given birth to a colt.
After Poseidon was rescued from Cronus by Zeus, he teamed up with him and his other siblings against Cronus and the Titans. Along with his siblings, the Hecatonchires and the Cyclopes; Poseidon fought against Cronus and the other Titans in the Battle of the Gods known as Titanomachy.
In this battle, the Olympians , the younger generation led by Zeus defeated the Titans and overthrew Cronus. Poseidon and his brothers then shared the world by drawing lots. Poseidon was named the lord of the seas and received the rivers and the oceans , Hades received the underworld where he ruled over the souls of the deceased , while Zeus received the heavens and became the king of the Greek Gods. Hera was the wife of Zeus while Apollo was his son from Leto.
Once, when Zeus was harsh on the other gods, Hera talked them into a revolt against Zeus. This rebellion was led by Hera, Apollo and Poseidon. Hera drugged Zeus and the other gods bound him on his bed and stole his thunderbolt. However, Briareus , who had been freed by Zeus from the prison Tartarus, overheard their conversation and realized that Zeus was tied.
He sneaked in and untied the king of the gods. Zeus was furious due to the rebellion and he punished the other gods. Poseidon and Apollo, to atone for their part in the failed rebellion, were sent to Phrygia to serve as slaves to King Laomedon of Troy for one year. Together the two gods built the famous impenetrable walls around Troy. Medusa was a ravishingly beautiful woman who was priestess to the goddess Athena. A requirement for being a priestess to Athena was that the woman should be a virgin.
Medusa was deeply desired by Poseidon and he pursued her to great lengths. Medusa tried to escape him by running to the temple of Athena. Nonetheless, Medusa was found by Poseidon, who went on to rape her on the floor of the temple itself. After discovering this, Athena was filled with rage. Medusa thus became a monster. Years later Medusa was slayed by the hero Perseus. This resulted in Chrysaor and Pegasus emerging from her neck.
They are considered to be children of Medusa and Poseidon. Demeter was the Greek goddess of the grain, agriculture, harvest, growth and nourishment. Poseidon once tried to pursue Demeter but she rejected his love and tried to hide from him by turning herself into a mare. She then joined a herd of horses of King Onkios to disappear in the mix. Once again, Poseidon intervened—this time with the help from Hera, who distracted Zeus with her feminine charms and lured him into a deep slumber.
Seizing the moment, Poseidon revealed himself and led his troops in a terrific assault that left Hector wounded and the Achaeans ascendant. When Zeus finally awoke to the sound of Poseidon bellowing in fury from the battlefield, he ordered the disobedient sea god to retreat from the battle immediately. Poseidon conceded—not out of fear for Zeus, he assured the other gods, but because of his enormous respect for the Father of Olympus.
After Troy had been brought to ruin, Poseidon focused his seemingly inexhaustible rage on Odysseus, the great hero whose long journey home was immortalized in the Odyssey. Though Odysseus had fought on the side of the Achaeans, he and his crew happened to land on an island inhabited by Polyphemus, a Cyclops and son of Poseidon. When Polyphemus began eating members of the crew, Odysseus and his few remaining men devised a plan to blind the creature.
Using great cunning, they tricked the massive creature into drinking himself into a stupor and blinded him when he was inebriated. Truly, there would be no Odyssey without Poseidon.
At one point, Poseidon sent a storm to shipwreck Odysseus as he was leaving the island of Calypso; the sea god would later lure Odysseus into range of his child, the maelstrom-producing sea monster Charybdis.
Thanks to his central role in the Homeric epics, Poseidon has maintained a lively presence in contemporary popular culture.
There have been many film and television versions of the Iliad and the Odyssey , and Poseidon has almost always played a key role within them. Poseidon appeared briefly in the Disney animated films Hercules and The Little Mermaid ; in the latter he took the guise of the benevolent King Triton, also known as Neptune the Romanized version of Poseidon.
Poseidon was also the subject of many vivid, colorful, and dramatic internet illustrations on forums such as Pinterest. In these popular manifestations, Poseidon has maintained much of his ancient masculine vigour. Often appearing heavily muscled and bearded, he could be seen wielding his fearsome trident, rising menacingly out of the frothy seas, and intimidating his opponents into submission.
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