Questions about the Greek King of the Sea and the earth-shaker, Poseidon.
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Why is rape featured so prominently in Greek mythology?
This question may be a little controversial so try to keep your answers as academically as possible. (take an example from @DukeZhou )
If on the subject general answers are also accepted
I am familiar with the fact that this happened in pretty much…
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How did Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades decide who would rule what?
From Wikipedia article on Hades:
Zeus got the sky, Poseidon got the seas, and Hades received the underworld, the unseen realm to which the souls of the dead go upon leaving the world as well as any and all things beneath the earth.
I had read…
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Was Poseidon actually jealous of Zeus?
In Age of Mythology, there is a lot of fairly accurate background info on all the Gods and lore present in the game.
Obviously the story itself is fabricated, but is based around accurate lore. It's woven around events such as the siege of Troy, the…
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Is Zeus ever referred to as Earthshaker?
From my exposure to Greek mythology (The Iliad, The Odyssey, etc.) I had always seen/heard the god of the sea, Poseidon, referred to as Earth-Shaker. Zeus was always given other titles such as Zeus Cloud-Gatherer or Zeus Thunderer.
However, in the…
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Why would an ancient temple be dedicated to both Poseidon and Artemis?
Why is this temple dedicated to both deities? I can't find a connection between them in either myth or theme.
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How did Poseidon became lord of Helicon?
In Homeric Hymn 22 (to Poseidon), we learn that Poseidon is lord of mount Helicon:
I begin to sing about Poseidon, the great god, mover of the earth and fruitless sea, god of the deep who is also lord of Helicon and wide Aegae. A two-fold office…
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Has Poseidon ever won a dispute with another Olympian?
It seems that every time Poseidon was in contest with another Olympian, he came up short. First, he lost dominion over the heavens to Zeus:
But when Zeus was full-grown, he took Metis, daughter of Ocean, to help him, and she gave Cronus a drug to…
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What is the connection between Poseidon and horses?
Since Poseidon is well known as the god of the God of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses? What is the connection between Poseidon and horses?
As a god of the sea the storms and earthquakes part makes sense but where does the part of the horse…
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Does anyone have the source for this origin of Charybdis?
Wikipedia mentions this version about the origin of the Greek monster Charybdis:
Charybdis aided her father Poseidon in his feud with her paternal uncle Zeus and, as such, helped him engulf lands and islands in water. Zeus, angry over the land she…
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What is the source of the idea that Medusa was a priestess of Athena?
Medusa is a monster in Greek mythology known for being associated in some way with the gods Poseidon and Athena. By Poseidon she conceived a pair of twin sons, namely the winged horse Pegasus and some other kind of creature called Chrysaor. Her…
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Poseidon has two wives when/why/how?
Poseidon's wife is Amphitrite. Some say she is a Nereid, others say an Oceanid. When Poseidon first pursued her for marriage, she fled. Later the dolphin god, Delphin, persuaded her to marry the sea god.
Beroe, nymph of Beirut (capital and largest…
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Was there meant to be a connection or comparison between Poseidon's trident and Hades's bident?
In Greek mythology, Poseidon carries a three-pronged spear known as a trident, while his brother Hades carries a two-pronged spear known as a bident. For that matter, the third brother Zeus carries the lightning bolt, which is often represented as a…
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Who in Greek mythology is associated with natural disasters?
For example, tsunamis being water are obvious to be Poseidon's doing, but what about volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, avalanches, soil liquefaction etc?
Some sources state that Poseidon was mainly responsible for earthquakes, however, I…
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Why would Athena fear Poseidon?
In the end of Book VI of the Odyssey, Odysseus sends up a pray to Athena, the Greek goddess of Wisdom and Warfare. It then says Athena does not openly acknowledge him. The reason being that she feared Poseidon's wrath.
[316] So saying, she smote…
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Where does Poseidon get called the God of Kin?
I recently came across this title (?) of Poseidon on another question asked on this sight, but have no idea what it means. I have tried a direct Google search, but come up empty handed. The only thing I found was the question I got it from.
Where…
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