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Poseidon

"Poseidon (/pəˈsaɪdən, pɒ-, poʊ-/; Greek: Ποσειδῶν, pronounced [poseːdɔ́ːn]) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes andhorses. In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes. His Roman equivalent is Neptune.

Poseidon was protector of seafarers, and of many Hellenic cities and colonies. In Homer´s Iliad, Poseidon supports the Greeks against the Trojans during the Trojan War and in the Odyssey, during the sea-voyage from Troy back home to Ithaca, the Greek hero Odysseus provokes Poseidon´s fury by blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, resulting in Poseidon punishing him with storms, the complete loss of his ship and companions, and a ten-year delay. Poseidon is also the subject of a Homeric hymn. In Plato´s Timaeus and Critias, the island of Atlantis was Poseidon´s domain." - (en.wikipedia.org 01.01.2020)

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brother of Zeus [brother of], Hades [brother of]
father of Theseus [son of], Aethra [mother of]
father of Pegasus [son of], Medusa [mother of]
father of Pelias [son of], Tyro [mother of]
father of Neleus [son of], Tyro [mother of]
son of Chronos [father of], Rhea [mother of]

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