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Poseidon

Also known as Posidon, Poseidōn

thumb|right|280px|Poseidon greeting Theseus (on the right). Detail, Attic red-figured calyx-krater by Syriscos Painter, 450-500BC from Agrigento. BnF Museum (Cabinet des médailles), Paris

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Poseidon is an ancient Greek god associated with the sea, earthquakes, and horses, depicted in classical art and mythology. He matters as a central figure in Greek religious beliefs and culture, whose image appears throughout surviving artifacts like painted pottery that help us understand how ancient Greeks visualized and worshipped their deities.

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Deity.type: Greek
Deity.name: Poseidon
Deity.image: Statue of Poseidon NAMA 235 (DerHexer), part 2.JPG
Deity.caption: The Poseidon of Melos, a statue of Poseidon found in Milos in 1877
Deity.member_of: the twelve Olympians
Deity.abode: Mount Olympus, or the sea
Deity.symbol: Trident, fish, dolphin, horse, bull
Deity.consort: Amphitrite
Deity.parents: Cronus and Rhea
Deity.siblings: Hades, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus
Deity.Roman_equivalent: Neptune

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Image: Poseidon sculpture Copenhagen 2005.jpg

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Commons category: Poseidon
name in native language: Ποσειδῶν

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Contents

Etymology
Bronze Age Greece
Linear B (Mycenean Greek) inscriptions
Mycenean cult
Arcadian myths
Boeotian myths
Origins
Cult
Epithets and attributes
Festivals
Temples of Poseidon
Mythology
Birth
Minor myths
City patronage
Foundation of Athens
Others
Theseus
Walls of Troy
Consort, lovers and children
Rape and assault victims
List of offspring and their mothers
Genealogy
In literature and art
In modern culture
Narrations
Gallery
Paintings
Statues
See also
Notes
References
External links

thumb|right|280px|Poseidon greeting Theseus (on the right). Detail, Attic red-figured calyx-krater by Syriscos Painter, 450-500BC from Agrigento. BnF Museum (Cabinet des médailles), Paris

Poseidon (; ) is one of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. He was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hellenic cities and colonies. In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, Poseidon was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes, with the cult title "earth shaker"; in the myths of isolated Arcadia, he is related to Demeter and Despoina and was venerated as a horse, and as a god of the waters. Poseidon maintained both associations among most Greeks: he was regarded as the tamer or father of horses, who, with a strike of his trident, created springs (the terms for horses and springs are related in the Greek language). His Roman equivalent is Neptune.