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In this gallery are representations of the Greek god, Poseidon, and his Roman equivalent, Neptune, in painting, sculpture, and other media. This collection takes a closer look at the colors...
Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria. Explora la colección de "poseidón/neptuno". Consulta los 44 Explora la colección de Museo Nacional del Prado.
Bronze statuette of Zeus or Poseidon. Greek. early 5th century BCE. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 156. This mature bearded figure must represent either Zeus, the god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian deities, or his brother Poseidon, who controlled the seas.
This gallery includes different portrayals of Neptune and Poseidon, as well as Amphitrite. Neptune and Poseidon were the Roman and Greek god of the sea.These depictions are displayed through...
- Myths
- Symbols & Attributes
- Sacred Animals & Plants
- Poseidon Pages on Theoi.Com
- Family of Poseidon
- Encyclopedia
- Sources
At birth Poseidon was swallowed whole by his father Kronos (Cronus), but Zeus later enlisted the aid of the goddess Metis who fed the Titan a magical elixir causing him to disgorge the god. < > During the War of the Titanes, the Kyklopes (Cyclopes) crafted a magical trident for Poseidon, and together with his brothers Zeus and Haides he defeat...
Poseidon's most distinctive attribute was the trident, a three-pronged fishing spear. He sometimes also wielded a boulder encrusted with sea creatures (crayfish, octopi, fish, etc.). The god was either clothed in a robe (chiton) and cloak (himation) or depicted nude with just a cloak draped loosely about his arms and shoulders. He was often crowned...
Poseidon's sacred animals were the bull, the horse and the dolphin. As god of the sea he was also closely associated with fish and other marine creatures. His chariot was drawn by a pair of fish-tailed horses (Greek: hippokampoi). The most famous of his sacred animals in myth was the Cretan Bull, sire of the Minotaur. Poseidon's sacred plants were ...
This site contains a total of 6 pages describing the god, including general descriptions, mythology, and cult. The content is outlined in the Index of Poseidon Pages(left column or below).
PARENTS
KRONOS & RHEA (Homer Iliad 15.187, Hesiod Theogony 453, Apollodorus 1.4, Diodorus Siculus 5.68.1, et al)
OFFSPRING
See Family of Poseidon Poseidon was a son of the Titans Kronos (Cronus) and Rheia and a grandson of Ouranos (the Heavens) and Gaia (the Earth). He was a brother of the gods Zeus, Haides, Hera, Demeter and Hestia. Poseidon married the marine-goddess Amphitrite, eldest child of Nereus, first born son of Pontos (the Sea), a marital alliance which secured his dominion over the sea. Their son was the fish-tailed god Triton. He also had numerous mortal offspring including giants such as Antaios and...
POSEIDON (Poseidôn), the god of the Mediterranean sea. His name seems to be connected with potos, pontos and potamos, according to which he is the god of the fluid element. (Müller, Proleg.p. 290.) He was a son of Cronos and Rhea (whence he is called Kronios and by Latin poets Saturnius, Pind. Ol. vi. 48; Virg. Aen. v. 799.) He was accordingly a br...
GREEK
1. Homer, The Iliad - Greek Epic C8th B.C. 2. Homer, The Odyssey - Greek Epic C8th B.C. 3. Hesiod, Theogony - Greek Epic C8th - 7th B.C. 4. Hesiod, Catalogues of Women Fragments - Greek Epic C8th - 7th B.C. 5. Hesiod, Astronomy Fragments - Greek Epic C8th - 7th B.C. 6. The Homeric Hymns - Greek Epic C8th - 4th B.C. 7. Epic Cycle, The Cypria Fragments - Greek Epic C7th - 6th B.C. 8. Pindar, Odes - Greek Lyric C5th B.C. 9. Greek Lyric IV Bacchylides, Fragments - Greek Lyric C5th B.C. 10. Greek...
ROMAN
1. Hyginus, Fabulae - Latin Mythography C2nd A.D. 2. Hyginus, Astronomica - Latin Mythography C2nd A.D. 3. Ovid, Metamorphoses - Latin Epic C1st B.C. - C1st A.D. 4. Ovid, Heroides - Latin Poetry C1st B.C. - C1st A.D. 5. Pliny the Elder, Natural History - Latin Encyclopedia C1st A.D.
BYZANTINE
1. Photius, Myriobiblon - Byzantine Greek Scholar C9th A.D. 2. Suidas, The Suda - Byzantine Greek Lexicon C10th A.D.
Art: Zeus of Artemision (also called Poseidon) Dimensions: H: approx. 7 ft. (2.1 m.) Created in the beginning of the Classical Period of Greek sculpture (ca. 480–300 BCE), this elegant and balanced figure is the embodiment of beauty, control, and strength.
The Collection. Greek and Roman Art. Terracotta kylix (drinking cup) Attributed to the Amasis Painter. ca. 540 BCE. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 154. Obverse, Poseidon, the god of the seas, among Greek warriors. Reverse, the stables of Poseidon. The subjects are drawn from book 13 of Homer's Iliad.
