POSEIDON

POSEIDON

• He is god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses
• Son of Kronos and Rhea
• He was eaten, along with his siblings by Kronos
• He and his siblings, the gods, defeated the Titans
• Poseidon fathered Pegasus

BATTLE OVER ATHENS

• He competed with Athena, his niece, to be patron god of Athens
• She gave Athens an olive tree
• Poseidon shoved his trident into the acropolis and a saltwater spring appeared
• Athena ended up winning over the people of Athens

ATLANTIS

• Poseidon lived in the city of Atlantis
• He married Cleito and she bore him ten sons, including Atlas
• The island of Atlantis was said to have been larger than Libya and Asia combined
• Eventually the ten people who ruled Atlantis started marrying mortal women and took too much power
• Zeus didn't like them having that much power and destroyed the island

QUOTE

• "That without the gods, man is nothing"
• Said by Poseidon in The Odyssey written by Homer