Poseidon, along with his
brothers and sisters, is one of the gods of Mount Olympus. Poseidon is the son
of Cronus and Rhea. Cronus was the Titan god remembered for swallowing his
children after each one was born. He did this because he received prophesy of
one of his children taking over his throne. In the majority of Greek myth, Zeus
was seen as the child Rhea saved when she gave Cronus a rock to swallow instead
of Zeus. In other myths, Poseidon was also seen as one of the two gods who
helped to save Olympus. In the types of myths where Poseidon was saved, it was
told that Poseidon’s mother, Rhea, gave Cronus a black foal to save her son.
Poseidon was the brother of his five siblings,
Demeter, Zeus, Hades, Hera, and Hestia. His grandparents were Gaea, the earth
goddess, and Uranus. Poseidon, Zeus, and Hades took over, Zeus with the sky,
Hades with the underworld, and Poseidon with the seas.
Poseidon is the god of,
besides the sea, horses and earthquakes. He was believed to have an underwater
palace, in which he lived. He was rewarded with being the god of all of the
salt and fresh water, horses, and earthquakes after him and his family
destroyed Cronus. Zeus was given the heavens and the role as the ruler of all
of the Olympians and Hades was given the underworld.
The Greeks believed that Poseidon
and the goddess of wisdom, Athena, were competing to be the patron god of
Athens. To win against Athena, Poseidon struck the Acropolis with his trident
causing spring water to emerge. Athena created an olive tree and the people of
Athens thought that this was more useful for the people and declared Athena
there patron goddess. The people had to make sure that they honored Poseidon so
that he would relinquish his power on Athens.
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