Greek Gods, Poseidon

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Poseidon, god of the Mediterranean. His name seems to be associated with Potos, Pontos and Potamos, after which he is the god of the liquid element.
He was the son of Cronus and Rhea, was therefore a brother of Zeus, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter, and was determined by lot which must rule on the sea as their brothers and sisters, it was after their birth, Cronus swallowed by his father, but refused to surface.
According to others, it was hidden by Rhea, after his birth, in a herd of lambs and mother seems to have been born a young horse, which she gave to Cronus to devour. A good Mantinea near where it says that it happened, the thought of this circumstance, which earned the name “Lamb’s Well”, or home. According to a nurse of Poseidon Tzetzes Arne name bar, and when Cronus was looking for his son, Arne reportedly said she did not know where he was, Arne and his city was believed to have received its name. According to others, again, he was raised by Telchines at the request of Rhea.
In the early poems, describes Poseidon is actually Zeus in dignity, but weaker. Therefore, we find ourselves angry when Zeus, as haughty, attempts to intimidate Yes, he even threatens his powerful brother and when he conspired with Hera and Athena to put him in chains, but on the other hand, there are also performance and submission to Zeus.
Poseidon’s palace was in the depths of the Aegean, near Euboea, where he kept his horses brazen hooves and golden manes. With these horses he rides in a chariot on the waves, which become smooth as it gets closer, and the monsters of the deep, recognize and act on his war chariot. In general, he even put his horses to his chariot, but sometimes he was assisted by Amphitrite But even if he remained at large in the ocean, it is still in Olympus in the assembly of gods.
Poseidon, together with Apollo is said to stone walls of Troy and Troy Laomedon that called Neptunia Pergam Thus, although it was also the attitude of the Greeks, but he was jealous of the Greeks built the wall around their ships, and called the shameful way in which the walls erected himself fell into the hands of the Greeks. When Poseidon and Apollo had built walls of Troy, Laomedon refused to give them a commission, which was set up to reject them and the threats, but Poseidon sent a sea monster that was the point of devouring Laomedon daughter, when he is killed by Heracles.
For this reason, as Hera Poseidon was an implacable hatred against the Trojans, which was not even except Aeneas and took an active part in the war against Troy, which the Greek side, sometimes attend the competition as a spectator from the hills of Thrace, and sometimes interferes in person, assuming the appearance of a mortal hero and the promotion of the Greeks, while the favored Trojans.When Zeus Zeus allowed the gods to help either party at will, Poseidon join the Greeks took part in the war, and shook the earth, is opposed by Apollo, who, however, not to fight against his uncle. In the Odyssey, Poseidon seems hostile to Odysseus, which prevents him from returning home after having blinded Polyphemus, a son of Poseidon by the nymph thoose.
Being the master of the sea (Mediterranean), it is described as clouds and storms call, but at the same time he can to make a successful journey and rescue those in danger, and all other sea gods that are submitted. As the sea around and keep the land, he describes himself as the god holding the earth (gaiêochos) and having in his power to shake the earth.

