The Role Of Poseidon In Greek Mythology

Poseidon is a very popular god in Roman and Greek mythology. His name is Poseidon in Greek, in Roman its Neptune. The god’s features are that he has sea green eyes, his hair is wavy brown with streaked with grey and not very old .One of his popular symbols is the trident other ones are horses, dolphins and seafoam. Poseidon’s domain was the oceans, mainly anything with water, he also was responsible for earthquakes and was the creator of the very first horse as a gift for the city Athens, spent most of his time in water. His father was Cronus and mother was Rhea both were titans they had five children including Poseidon Hades, Hestia, Hera and Zeus. His wife was Amphitrite daughter of Nereus. They had 3 children Triton, Rhode and Benthesikyme.The triton is one of the most powerful weapons in Greek and roman mythology it commands whatever Poseidon said, and it’s almost like a big pitch fork, it helps Poseidon rule the sea.
Poseidon has really strong personality traits. He was known for his anger and wrath, they say that he could be quite nice, and can be greedy and moody. Poseidon is one of the most important gods In Greek and roman mythology including his other 2 brothers Hades and Zeus .Poseidon won his domain by entering a contest Zeus won the sky and Hades the underworld. It was mostly given to them then rather chosen. Poseidon was also know for seducing nymphs. One of his most famous one was that he seduced medusa under the temple of Athens. This lead to medusa having snake hair and turning anyone who looked at her into stone, Athena was responsible for this act, she figured out that she was seduced by Poseidon and turned her into medusa we know now, so nobody would ever seduce