The Greek god of the ocean, Poseidon, fights against the Trojans in The Iliad because he's angry at the Trojan King Laemodon for taking advantage of Poseidon and failing to pay him for a year's worth of labor.
Poseidon hates Odysseus because he has blinded his son Polyphemus.
After the destruction of Troy, he and his men left for home without paying proper respect to Poseidon. For this, Poseidon punished Odysseus with what turned out to be a ten year journey home to Ithaca.
When Adamas attempted to overthrow Zeus, Poseidon effortlessly slew him and erased his memory from history. Hermes, who witnessed the incident, started a rumor that there was a traitor among the Greek Gods. Only a handful of Gods know about the incident and why Adamas was removed from history.
Adamas is the Greek God of Conquest (征服神, Seifuku-Shin) and was once part of the Thirteen Gods of Olympus, now reduced to twelve. He was seemingly killed and expunged from historical records by his younger brother, Poseidon.
The sun is sometimes referred to as the "eye of Zeus." Two other gods that are somewhat equatable to Zeus are Poseidon and Hades, brothers of Zeus. Poseidon was the god of the seas, and Hades was the god of the underworld. Both of these gods had similar power to Zeus, but of them, Zeus was ultimately the most powerful.
So, when Poseidon raped Medusa she became pregnant. When her head was chopped off by Perseus, her children came to be. Pegasus and Chrysaor sprung from the severed neck of Medusa. Pegasus is also one of the most famous characters in Greek mythology, the winged white horse.
Athena and Poseidon entered into a contest to be the patron of Athens. Poseidon produces a spring of water but it was salty. Athena bested Poseidon by producing an olive tree on the Acropolis. Poseidon also raped Medusa—a mortal who had the reputation of being beautiful—in Athena's temple, desecrating it.
Poseidon's Birth Myth
Poseidon was allotted domain over the seas, but he always remained immensely jealous of Zeus' position of King of the Gods.
Personality. By all accounts Poseidon was not specifically evil but rather just casually cruel. He frequently fought with his brother.
The story of Athena and Poseidon's contest is one of the founding myths of ancient Athens. The story begins in a mythical time back when the city had just been founded.
From that time forward, Poseidon and Athena were rivals. This plays out in the story of the Odyssey where Poseidon tries to thwart Odysseus while Athena tries to help him on his journey.
It was the offspring of Pasiphae, the wife of Minos, and a snow-white bull sent to Minos by the god Poseidon for sacrifice. Minos, instead of sacrificing it, kept it alive; Poseidon as a punishment made Pasiphae fall in love with it.
Amphitrite, in Greek mythology, the goddess of the sea, wife of the god Poseidon, and one of the 50 (or 100) daughters (the Nereids) of Nereus and Doris (the daughter of Oceanus). Poseidon chose Amphitrite from among her sisters as the Nereids performed a dance on the isle of Naxos.
NERITES A minor sea-god who was the charioteer and a male-lover of the god Poseidon.
Athena was an armed warrior goddess. The Parthenon at Athens was her most famous shrine. She never had a true lover or someone to hug and hold her; all she had was her loving mother, caring father and most of all her brothers and sisters.
Meet Perseus, a demigod of Greek mythology who was famous for killing Medusa by cutting off her head, which he displays in one hand.
ATHENE (Athena) The goddess of warcraft was, according to some, the daughter of Poseidon and Tritonis (contrary to the usual account in which she springs fully-grown from the head of Zeus).
Medusa and Poseidon engaged in a love affair and would have two children together, but not before Athena discovered the illicit affair. When Athena discovered the affair, she was enraged and immediately cursed Medusa by taking away her beauty.
At the time of her death, Medusa was pregnant by Poseidon. When Perseus beheaded her, Pegasus, a winged horse, and Chrysaor, a golden sword-wielding giant, sprang from her body.
At the time of her death, Medusa was pregnant by Poseidon. When Perseus beheaded her, Pegasus, a winged horse, and Chrysaor, a golden sword-wielding giant, sprang from her body.
Haides was also the god of the hidden wealth of the earth, from the fertile soil with nourished the seed-grain, to the mined wealth of gold, silver and other metals. Haides was devoured by Kronos (Cronus) as soon as he was born, along with four of his siblings.
Poseidon's power was second to only Zeus.. Poseidon did not like Zeus being regarded as the supreme god. He felt that he should be equally as powerful, if not more so, than Zeus.
Kratos stabs Zeus with the Blade of Olympus, then Zeus uses the blade against Kratos. But Kratos ended the action by beating Zeus to death with his bare hands (unlike how he defeated Hercules).