Poseidon (Neptune)

Poseidon in Wikipedia

Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδῶν; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the sea, storms, and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes in Greek mythology. The name of the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon. Linear B tablets show that Poseidon was venerated at Pylos and Thebes i...

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Poseidon in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ποσειδῶν), the god of the Mediterranean sea. His name seems to be connected with πότος, πόντος and ποταμός, according to which he is the god of the fluid element. (Müller, Proleg. p. 290.) He was a son of Cronos and Rhea (whence he is called Κρόνιος and by Latin poets Saturnius, Pind. O. 6.48; Verg. A. 5.799.) He was accordingly a brother of...

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