Poseidon

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"Poseidon, god of the ocean. Thank you for watching over the Adrestia."

―Kassandra

Statue of Poseidon and his trident

Poseidon is the Greek god of the seas and the ocean, horses and earthquakes. His equivalent in Roman mythology is Neptune.

Relations

He is regarded as one of the Twelve Gods, the major deities of the Greek pantheon as well as the brother of Pluto. Additionally, Poseidon was also rumored to have fathered Byzas with the nymph Keroessa. Byzas later became the founder of Byzantium, which later came to be known as Constantinople.

Amphitrite, wife of Poseidon and queen of the sea, was said to have birthed his other son Triton, who had a conch shell to control the sea.

According to the stories told in Naxos Island, a mortal woman by the name of Iphimedeia fell in love with Poseidon, and was in the habit of walking the shores, gathering sea water into her lap. Later, she gave birth to twin giant sons, the Aloadai Otos and Ephialtes.

Orion the Giant was also a son of Poseidon, born in Boeotia.

History

According to the story of the death of Hippolytos, the hero Theseus' son, Poseidon played a part in it. Angered by what his wife Phaidra claimed Hippolytos to have done, Theseus invoked the god to kill Hippolytos. Poseidon summoned a sea monster, and Hippolytos died within the Sinkholes of Herakles in Argolis, in a chariot accident.

Influence and legacy

Classical antiquity

During the Peloponnesian War the misthios Kassandra obtained Poseidon's Trident within the ruins of a temple dedicated to him. This trident was an Isu artefact attributed to Poseidon that allowed the wielder to breathe underwater and was said to "control the seas".

The Areopagus in Athens was said to have been the place where the god of war Ares was judged for killing one of Poseidon's sons.

Throughout the Greek world, there were numerous temples dedicated to the god, and some like the Erechtheion on the Akropolis Sanctuary in Athens was dedicated many gods at the same time. There was also the region of Korinthia dedicated to Poseidon: the Isthmus of Poseidon, housing the Diolkos.

In 48 BCE, Poseidon was often invoked by Phoxidas during his time sailing the seas with Aya.

Renaissance

During the Renaissance, a statue of Poseidon was collected by the Italian Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze in Monteriggioni.

Trivia

• According to the myths, the Titan Kronus devoured every child he begat with his sister-wife Rhea. When Zeus saved his siblings, they accompanied him as the new gods, and became part of the twelve mightiest. In order from oldest to youngest, the children were Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades and Poseidon before Zeus.

Gallery

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  Statue of Poseidon in Olympia
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  The figurehead of the ship Adrestia featuring Poseidon
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  Statue of Poseidon in Pellene

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed II (Statue only)
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations (mentioned in Database entry only)
• Assassin's Creed: Origins (mentioned only)
• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (Statue only)