Poseidon's Short Story

“About Poseidon, a great god, I begin to sing, the shaker of the earth and of the barren sea” (Morford, Lenardon, and Sham, 171). Poseidon in Greek Mythology, or Neptune in Roman Mythology, is the God of the Earthquakes and of the Seas. He is known for his “severe and rough” nature and is associated with “the surge of the seas” (Morford, Lenardon, and Sham, 171). Poseidon is often underrepresented in myth but his role is pivotal due to the fact that he ruled the earth and the seas. Travel via the sea was essential in the spreading of culture during this time period and worship to Poseidon played an important role.

Poseidon was the god of the sea, earthquakes and horses. He was married to Amphitrite (granddaughter of the Titan Oceanus) they had two children together Trition and Rhode. Poseidon was the son of the titans Cronus and Rhea. There are two birth stories of Poseidon one he was swallowed with the rest of his brothers and sisters by his father Cronus at birth but was saved later by Zeus. The second story is that his mother Rhea saved him by hiding him in a flock of sheep and told Cronus that she’d given birth to a horse and gave him that to eat.

The god I chose is Poseidon and I will explain his powers, accompleshments, and life in the pages listed below. Poseidon is a very important because he is one of the major three gods called the big 3. He is the brothers of the other two, Zues and Hades. Since the big 3 swore to never have kids they couldn’t marry humans, so Poseidon married a sea-nymph named Amphitrite. He was the god of the sea and horses and protected and ruled both of those things. There are many rivers with their own gods, poseidon was the god of all water in general. Other than the sea and horses he is also the god of earthquakes and can cause or stop them. When he was not on Mount Olympus he was in or near the water at pretty much all times. Other than being able to

Throughout the Odyssey, the struggles of Odysseus are revealed to the reader through the well written epic. His journey is very difficult and he is haunted with the loss of his entire crew and seemingly impossible task of getting home to his family. While journeying homewards, Odysseus makes the mistake of harming the Cyclops, who happens to be Poseidon's son. Poseidon is so angry at Odysseus for the harm he inflicted on the Cyclops, that through the influence of all powerful Zeus, he punishes Odysseus along with his other children, the Phaeacians, who can be seen to parallel as well as contrast with the Cyclops.

"Zeus, you don't have to worry about that, we will not harm those pathetic mortals. I mean, come on, why would I do that? I mean no harm to those mortals. I just want my son," Poseidon said

attacked. “ But I’ll cry out to the everlasting gods in hopes that Zeus will pay you back with a

Poseidon got in a fight with 12 huge sharks, but Poseidon got too cocky and tried to fight them with his bare hands. It was no problem for him. When Poseidon got back to Mount Olympus, he realized his Trident is disappeared. He looked everywhere in his room for it, but it was gone. He quickly checked back at the ocean he fought in but he couldn't find it, but he noticed there were more sharks at that spot. He left quickly to ask his brother Zeus. “Zeus have you seen my Trident, I lost it,” he says “No I have not. Maybe you should ask Hades if you

Many things through today's world is connected or brought on because of greek mythology. Poseidon is one of the most powerful gods or goddesses in mythology. Although, Poseidon is a dominant Greek god many still don’t know his mythology. Poseidon is a great Greek god because of his family, his role in Greek mythology, and the myths he was in.

It was frightening, nerve-wracking, and stressful. It is like the feeling when you get bitten by a bug. It all started when I was in Chicago, Illinois to spend the summer with my cousins. Our uncle said we were all going to go to Wisconsin Dells. We were so happy and excited to go, but we did not believe him. He then shows us the tickets he bought and we went straight to packing.

Have you ever wondered what causes things to happen? Ask the ancient greeks and they will tell you about the hundreds of gods that control our world. Ancient greeks believed that there are gods for everything in the world. Take Poseidon for example, the god of sea, earthquakes, and storms. Poseidon is the god that causes storms, waves, and even hurricanes.

With a label such as "God of the Sea," it's difficult not to gain an interest in such a tale. The tale being of a Greek God who is commonly known as Poseidon. Now, like stated before, Poseidon is a well known Greek mythology character, but he holds many different titles due to his various abilities."God of the Sea" is just one of them, and it is pretty self explanatory. Poseidon had some serious control over the vast blue waters.

“Poseidon, brother, I will not help you terminate one mortal-who was captured by your son,

“ That’s enough! I am sick of you ruling us like creatures and making us do nothing, all of us are,” yelled Poseidon.

"No worries peasants I will help, my brother Zeus knows no mercy," Poseidon's voice was rising during his speech to reach the people in the back. "and I intend to show that mercy that he failed

Next, the results of the citizens’ behavior were acts of justice. Zeus, the god of gods, saw this mischief and roared out his anger. Poseidon woke up at the sound of this to look up the sea and find out at his once-perfect kingdom had been wiped with evil. Poseidon wept and his law was broken, so he carried out his terrible curse as he had no other choice, as a result of the citizens’ behavior. Poseidon made a wave so big it lashed the heavens, and later the waves swallowed up Atlantis. This is in the text, (paragraph 19, 20, 21,), where its stated “(19) The sound of Zeus’s fury had woke Poseidon. Rising to the surface of the waves, the sea-god looked out over to his once-perfect kingdom-and wept. (20) Now he had no choice; he must carry out