Poseidon

Thagimasadas

The Olympian god of the ocean. The Scythians call him Thagimasadas and worship him.

Genealogy

Rhea

Cronus

Chiron, Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Zeus

Amphitrite

Aethusa, Agenor, Aloeus, Amycus, Antaeus, Arion, Asopus, Augeas, Belus, Benthesicyme, Busiris, Cenchrias, Cercyon, Charybdis, Chrysaor, Cromus, Cteatus, Cychreus, Dercynus, Ephialtes, Epopeus, Erginus, Eryx, Eumolpus, Euphemus, Eurypylus, Eurytus, Halirrhothius, Hippothoon, Hippo, Hopleus, Hyperenor, Hyrieus, Ialebion, Ida, Leches, Lelex, Lycus, Mygdon, Nauplius, Neleus, Nireus, Orion, Otus, Pegasus, Pelias, Peratus, Periclymenus, Phineus, Poltys, Polyphemus, Proteus, Rhode, Sarpedon, Sciron, Taphius, Thasus, Triops, Triton

Group

Olympians

Places
  1. Areopagus
  2. Argos
  3. Athens
  4. Attica
  5. Corcyra
  6. Cos
  7. Crete
  8. Eleusis
  9. Enipeus
  10. Ethiopia
  11. Fairyland
  12. Hades
  13. Lerna
  14. Mount Olympus
  15. Nisyrum
  16. Nowhere
  17. Mount Pelion
  18. Sea
  19. Strophades Islands
  20. Taphos
  21. Thrace
  22. Troezen
  23. Troy
  24. Unknown
  25. Xanthos
Events
  1. Rhea gives birth to the Olympians
  2. Cronus swallows his children
  3. Olympians are vomited up by Cronus
  4. The Cyclopes give Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades weapons
  5. Zeus, Poseidon and Hades assume control of the sky, the sea and the underworld respectively
  6. Poseidon prepares an underground house for Orion
  7. Poseidon kills Polybotes during the gigantomachy
  8. Poseidon breaks off a bit of Nisyrum
  9. Idas gets a winged chariot from Poseidon
  10. Poseidon disguised as the river Enipeus has sex with Tyro
  11. Phineus is blinded by Poseidon for helping the children of Phrixius
  12. Poseidon dries up all the water in Argos
  13. Poseidon rescues Amymone from a satyr
  14. Poseidon shows Amymone the springs at Lerna
  15. Poseidon sends a flood and a monster to punish Cassiepea’s hubris
  16. Poseidon carries off and impregnates Hippothoe
  17. Poseidon makes Pterelaus immortal
  18. A group of centaurs is hidden in a mountain by Poseidon after Hercules’ attack
  19. Poseidon sends up a bull for Minos which Minos promises but fails to sacrifice
  20. Apollo and Poseidon send a plague and a sea monster
  21. Apollo and Poseidon fortify Troy
  22. Poseidon makes Pasiphae fall in love with the Cretan Bull
  23. Poseidon sends a bull to attack Hippolytus
  24. Poseidon rapes Caeneus
  25. Poseidon takes Pelops as his beloved
  26. Poseidon gives Pelops a winged chariot
  27. Poseidon kills Ajax
  28. Poseidon is enraged with Odysseus
  29. Poseidon breaks up Odysseus’ raft
  30. Poseidon turns the Phaeacian convoy to stone and envelops their city in a mountain
  31. Zeus and Poseidon compete for Thetis’s hand in marriage
  32. Poseidon gives Peleus immortal horses, Balius and Xanthus
  33. Poseidon creates the sea of Erechtheis on the Acropolis
  34. Athena plants an olive tree on the Acropolis
  35. Athena and Poseidon compete to be the Patron deity of Attica
  36. Athena and Poseidon’s dispute over possession of Attica is adjudicated
  37. Athens is awarded to Athena, rather than Poseidon
  38. Poseidon floods Attica
  39. Accused by Poseidon, Ares is tried in the Areopagus before the twelve gods, and is acquitted
  40. Chione has sex with Poseidon and gives birth to Eumolpus in secret from her father
  41. Poseidon, recovering Eumolpus, takes him to Ethiopia
  42. Poseidon entrusts Eumolpus to Benthesicyme to bring up
  43. Poseidon destroys Erechtheus and his house
  44. Poseidon and Aegeus have sex with Aethra on the same night
  45. Poseidon worries that the Achaean wall will cause mortals to turn away from the aid of the gods
  46. Zeus dismisses the concerns of Poseidon
  47. Hera appeals to Poseidon to help her save the Danaans
  48. Poseidon reproaches Hera
  49. Apollo and Poseidon destroy the Achaean wall
  50. Poseidon defies Zeus by assisting the Achaeans
  51. Poseidon disguises himself as Calchas
  52. Poseidon encourages the Achaean heroes to fight
  53. Poseidon advises the two Ajaxes to take a stand and drive the Trojans back
  54. Poseidon strikes the two Ajaxes with his scepter and fills them with daring and strength
  55. Poseidon encourages Teucer, Leitus, Peneleos, Thoas, Deipylus, Meriones, and Antilochus to continue fighting the Trojans
  56. Poseidon is angered by the death of Amphimachus
  57. Poseidon disguises himself as Thoas
  58. Poseidon urges the Achaeans to further their attack on the Trojans
  59. Poseidon encourages Idomeneus to rejoin the battle
  60. Poseidon encourages the Achaeans in secret, for fear of incurring Zeus’ wrath
  61. Poseidon protects Antilochus from the Trojans
  62. Poseidon, disguised as an old man, comes to Agamemnon
  63. Poseidon looses a battle cry and raises the morale of the Achaeans
  64. Hera sees Poseidon helping the Achaeans
  65. Iris warns Poseidon to stop fighting or Zeus will punish him
  66. Poseidon refuses to accept orders from Zeus
  67. Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades determine which third of the world they will each rule
  68. Iris cautions Poseidon to reconsider defying Zeus
  69. Poseidon agrees to remove himself from battle
  70. Poseidon warns Iris that if Zeus spares Troy, he, Hera, Athena, Hermes and Hephaestus will be very angry
  71. Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes, and Hephaestus join the Achaean troops in battle
  72. Poseidon shakes the earth
  73. Hades fears Poseidon will crack the earth and expose his domain
  74. Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes and Hephaestus withdraw from the battle to the hill of Herakles
  75. Poseidon rescues Aeneas
  76. Poseidon tells Aeneas to avoid Achilles in battle
  77. Poseidon and Athena appear to Achilles and reassure him he will not die in the river
  78. Poseidon urges Apollo to fight him
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.5
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.1
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.3
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.4
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.5
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.2
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.4
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.8
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.8
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.9
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
  12. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.20
  13. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.21
  14. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.27
  15. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.4
  16. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.5
  17. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.2
  18. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.2
  19. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.3
  20. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.5
  21. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.11
  22. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.4
  23. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.5
  24. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.7
  25. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.9
  26. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.10
  27. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.11
  28. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.1
  29. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.2
  30. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.4
  31. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.1
  32. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.3
  33. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 1.4
  34. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.8
  35. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.1
  36. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.3
  37. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.6
  38. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.7
  39. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 13.5
  40. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 14.1
  41. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 14.2
  42. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.1
  43. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.4
  44. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.5
  45. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.7
  46. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.8
  47. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.2
  48. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.19
  49. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.22
  50. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.3
  51. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.6
  52. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.4
  53. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.9
  54. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.24
  55. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.25
  56. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 7.34
  57. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 400
  58. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 475
  59. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 505
  60. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 444
  61. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 198
  62. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 208
  63. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 182
  64. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 347
  65. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 706
  66. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 742
  67. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 12, Section 1
  68. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 12, Section 34
  69. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 10
  70. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 32
  71. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 39
  72. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 59
  73. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 81
  74. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 125
  75. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 206
  76. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 231
  77. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 240
  78. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 345
  79. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 417
  80. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 550
  81. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 560
  82. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 673
  83. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 135
  84. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 352
  85. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 361
  86. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 378
  87. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 389
  88. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 508
  89. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 1
  90. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 34
  91. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 47
  92. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 157
  93. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 168
  94. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 184
  95. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 200
  96. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 205
  97. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 218
  98. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 13
  99. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 31
  100. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 54
  101. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 110
  102. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 132
  103. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 144
  104. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 288
  105. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 309
  106. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 318
  107. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 340
  108. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 393
  109. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 284
  110. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 434
  111. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 462
  112. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 468
  113. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 272
  114. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 301
  115. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 566
  116. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 22
  117. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 2.4
  118. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 5.2
  119. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 14.3
  120. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 14.6
  121. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 17.3
  122. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 21.4
  123. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 24.3
  124. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 24.5
  125. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 26.5
  126. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 27.9
  127. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 30.4
  128. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 37.2
  129. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 38.2
  130. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 38.6
  131. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 39.3
  132. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 39.5
  133. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 39.6
  134. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 44.3
  135. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 1.3
  136. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 1.6
  137. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 1.7
  138. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 1.8
  139. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 1.9
  140. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 2.1
  141. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 2.3
  142. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 2.8
  143. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.4
  144. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 3.5
  145. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 4.3
  146. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 5.7
  147. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 9.6
  148. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 12.2
  149. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 12.4
  150. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 15.5
  151. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 20.6
  152. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 22.4
  153. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 30.5
  154. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 30.6
  155. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 30.8
  156. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 32.8
  157. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 33.1
  158. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 33.2
  159. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 34.9
  160. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 34.10
  161. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 34.11
  162. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 35.1
  163. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 36.3
  164. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 38.1
  165. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 38.2
  166. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 38.4
  167. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 11.9
  168. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 12.5
  169. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 15.7
  170. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 17.3
  171. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 18.10
  172. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 19.3
  173. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 20.2
  174. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 21.5
  175. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 21.8
  176. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 23.2
  177. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 25.4
  178. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 2.5
  179. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 24.6
  180. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 31.6
  181. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 1.8
  182. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 11.8
  183. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 14.4
  184. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 15.5
  185. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 17.9
  186. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 22.6
  187. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 24.1
  188. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 26.2
  189. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 20.18
  190. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 25.3
  191. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 25.6
  192. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 4.1
  193. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 4.8
  194. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 20.4
  195. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 21.7
  196. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 21.9
  197. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 21.10
  198. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 23.10
  199. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 24.2
  200. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 24.5
  201. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 24.6
  202. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 24.12
  203. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 25.3
  204. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 25.12
  205. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 27.8
  206. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 5.5
  207. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 7.2
  208. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 8.2
  209. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 10.2
  210. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 10.5
  211. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 10.8
  212. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 10.9
  213. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 11.1
  214. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 13.2
  215. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 14.5
  216. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 23.3
  217. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 25.5
  218. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 25.7
  219. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 25.8
  220. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 30.1
  221. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 31.7
  222. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 35.6
  223. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 36.2
  224. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 37.9
  225. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 37.10
  226. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 42.1
  227. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 42.2
  228. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 44.4
  229. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 20.1
  230. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 22.5
  231. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 26.5
  232. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 29.1
  233. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 29.6
  234. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 31.6
  235. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 36.4
  236. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 37.1
  237. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 38.9
  238. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 5.6
  239. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 6.1
  240. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 9.4
  241. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 9.7
  242. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 9.8
  243. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 10.8
  244. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 11.6
  245. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 12.1
  246. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 14.1
  247. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 24.4
  248. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 29.5
  249. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 36.8
  250. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 38.8
  251. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 38.12
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