Poseidon
God
Poseidon (; Ancient Greek: Ποσειδῶν, romanised: Poseidôn) is one of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. He was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hellenic cities and colonies.
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Mentions in the Iliad
A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“But you came, goddess, and freed him from his bonds, when you had quickly called to high Olympus him of the hundred hands, whom the gods call Briareus, but all men Aegaeon; for he is mightier than his father. He sat down by the side of the son of Cronos, exulting in his glory,”
“when they mingle in the pasture, so did their leaders marshal them on this side and on that to enter into the battle, and among them lord Agamemnon, his eyes and head like unto Zeus that hurleth the thunderbolt, his waist like unto Ares, and his breast unto Poseidon.”
“And among them Poseidon, the Shaker of Earth, was first to speak: Father Zeus, is there now anyone of mortals on the face of the boundless earth, that will any more declare to the immortals his mind and counsel? Seest thou not that now again the long-haired Achaeans have builded them a wall to defend their ships, and about it have drawn a trench,”
“Ah me, thou Shaker of Earth, wide of sway, what a thing thou hast said! Another of the gods might haply fear this device, whoso was feebler far than thou in hand and might; whereas thy fame shall of a surety reach as far as the dawn spreadeth. Go to now, when once the long-haired Achaeans have gone with their ships to their dear native land,”
“and to the mighty god Poseidon she spake, saying: Ah me, thou Shaker of Earth, wide of sway, not even hath the heart in thy breast pity of the Danaans that are perishing. Yet in thine honour do they bring to Helice and Aegae offerings many and gracious and hitherto thou didst wish them victory.”
“For did we but will, all we that are aiders of the Danaans, to drive back the Trojans and to withhold Zeus whose voice is borne afar, then, in vexation of spirit, would he sit alone there upon Ida. Then, his heart sore troubled, the lord, the Shaker of Earth, spake to her: Hera, reckless in speech, what a word hast thou spoken!”
“And for him the famed Shaker of Earth both unyoked his horses and set the car upon a stand, and spread thereover a cloth; and Zeus, whose voice is borne afar, himself sat upon his throne of gold, and beneath his feet great Olympus quaked. Only Athene and Hera”
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Father · Sources
Говорит Посейдон: «Трое нас братьев»; в следующем стихе — «Зевс и я, а третий — Аид».
Out upon it, verily strong though he be he hath spoken overweeningly, if in sooth by force and in mine own despite he will restrain me that am of like honour with himself. For three brethren are we, begotten of Cronos, and born of Rhea,—Zeus, and myself, and the third is Hades, that is lord of the dead below. And in three-fold wise are all things divided, and unto each hath been apportioned his own domain.I verily, when the lots were shaken, won for my portion the grey sea to be my habitation for ever, and Hades won the murky darkness, while Zeus won the broad heaven amid the air and the clouds; but the earth and high Olympus remain yet common to us all. Wherefore will I not in any wise walk after the will of Zeus; nay in quiet
Il. 15.185–192
Mother · Sources
Говорит Посейдон: «Трое нас братьев»; в следующем стихе — «Зевс и я, а третий — Аид».
Out upon it, verily strong though he be he hath spoken overweeningly, if in sooth by force and in mine own despite he will restrain me that am of like honour with himself. For three brethren are we, begotten of Cronos, and born of Rhea,—Zeus, and myself, and the third is Hades, that is lord of the dead below. And in three-fold wise are all things divided, and unto each hath been apportioned his own domain.I verily, when the lots were shaken, won for my portion the grey sea to be my habitation for ever, and Hades won the murky darkness, while Zeus won the broad heaven amid the air and the clouds; but the earth and high Olympus remain yet common to us all. Wherefore will I not in any wise walk after the will of Zeus; nay in quiet
Il. 15.185–192
Brother · Sources
Квалификация братства/сестринства: Илиада: Общие отец и мать подтверждены. Общие родители: Рея, Кронос.
Wikidata: Рея — роль родителя · P25 Wikidata: Кронос — роль родителя · P22Квалификация братства/сестринства: Илиада: Общие отец и мать подтверждены. Общие родители: Рея, Кронос.
Wikidata: Рея — роль родителя · P25 Wikidata: Кронос — роль родителя · P22but was fain only to give glory to Thetis and to her son, strong of heart. But Poseidon went among the Argives and urged them on, stealing forth secretly from the grey sea; for it vexed him that they were being overcome by the Trojans, and against Zeus was he exceeding wroth. Both the twain verily were of one stock and of one parentage,but Zeus was the elder born and the wiser. Therefore it was that Poseidon avoided to give open aid, but secretly sought ever to rouse the Argives throughout the host, in the likeness of a man. So these twain knotted the ends of the cords of mighty strife and evil war, and drew them taut over both armies,
Out upon it, verily strong though he be he hath spoken overweeningly, if in sooth by force and in mine own despite he will restrain me that am of like honour with himself. For three brethren are we, begotten of Cronos, and born of Rhea,—Zeus, and myself, and the third is Hades, that is lord of the dead below. And in three-fold wise are all things divided, and unto each hath been apportioned his own domain.
Il. 13.354–355 · Il. 15.187–188
Claim of seniority and greater strength · Sources
Bid him cease from war and battle, and go to join the tribes of gods, or into the bright sea. And if so be he will not obey my words, but shall set them at naught, let him bethink him then in mind and heart, lest, how strong soever he be, he have no hardihood to abide my on-coming;for I avow me to be better far than he in might, and the elder born. Yet his heart counteth it but a little thing to declare himself the peer of me of whom even the other gods are adread. So spake he, and wind-footed, swift Iris failed not to hearken, but went down from the hills of Ida to sacred Ilios.
Il. 15.164–167
Connection · Sources
it were not meet for me, seeing I am the elder-born and know the more. Fool, how witless is the heart thou hast! Neither rememberest thou all the woes that we twain alone of all the gods endured at Ilios, what time we came
Il. 21.443
Wife · Sources
Apollodorus identifies Amphitrite as a Nereid and explicitly says Poseidon wedded her.
Apollodorus, Library · Apollodorus, Library 1.2.7; 1.4.4
Sister through father · Sources
Квалификация братства/сестринства: Илиада: Общий отец подтверждён; сведения о матерях неполны. Различие матерей не установлено. Общие родители: Кронос.
Wikidata: Кронос — роль родителя · P22as he went busily about in the battle where men win glory, her own brother and her lord's withal; and she was glad at heart. And Zeus she marked seated on the topmost peak of many-fountained Ida, and hateful was he to her heart. Then she took thought, the ox-eyed, queenly Hera,
Il. 14.155
Brother · Sources
Квалификация братства/сестринства: Илиада: Общие отец и мать подтверждены. Общие родители: Рея, Кронос.
Wikidata: Рея — роль родителя · P25 Wikidata: Кронос — роль родителя · P22Out upon it, verily strong though he be he hath spoken overweeningly, if in sooth by force and in mine own despite he will restrain me that am of like honour with himself. For three brethren are we, begotten of Cronos, and born of Rhea,—Zeus, and myself, and the third is Hades, that is lord of the dead below. And in three-fold wise are all things divided, and unto each hath been apportioned his own domain.
Il. 15.187–188
Sister · Sources
Братство или сестринство выведено из общего родителя: Рея, Кронос. Матери и отцы, не указанные в источнике, не предполагаются. Квалификация братства/сестринства: Полнота родства и линия общего родителя не установлены.
Hesiod, Theogony (H. G. Evelyn-White) · Hesiod, Theogony 453–458Out upon it, verily strong though he be he hath spoken overweeningly, if in sooth by force and in mine own despite he will restrain me that am of like honour with himself. For three brethren are we, begotten of Cronos, and born of Rhea,—Zeus, and myself, and the third is Hades, that is lord of the dead below. And in three-fold wise are all things divided, and unto each hath been apportioned his own domain.I verily, when the lots were shaken, won for my portion the grey sea to be my habitation for ever, and Hades won the murky darkness, while Zeus won the broad heaven amid the air and the clouds; but the earth and high Olympus remain yet common to us all. Wherefore will I not in any wise walk after the will of Zeus; nay in quiet
Il. 15.185–192
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In art
Noël Hallé. Musée Baron-Martin 024. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106640735
Noël Hallé. Musée Baron-Martin 024. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106640735
Félix Boisselier. La mort de Démosthène. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29864468
Félix Boisselier. La mort de Démosthène. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29864468
Bon Boullogne. Triumph of Neptune. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58237571
Bon Boullogne. Triumph of Neptune. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58237571
Laomedon Refusing Payment to Poseidon and Apollo. Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104872325
Laomedon Refusing Payment to Poseidon and Apollo. Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104872325
Constantin Hansen. Pallas Athene, followed by the god of victory Nike, disputes with Poseidon.. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116192820
Constantin Hansen. Pallas Athene, followed by the god of victory Nike, disputes with Poseidon.. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116192820
Jan Gossaert. Нептун и Амфитрита. Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12133475
Jan Gossaert. Нептун и Амфитрита. Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12133475
Edvard Weie. Poseidon Rushing over the Sea Surrounded by Nereids and Tritons. Statens Museum for Kunst. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20386894
Edvard Weie. Poseidon Rushing over the Sea Surrounded by Nereids and Tritons. Statens Museum for Kunst. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20386894
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Sources and verification
The character is matched to the catalogue.
- Wikipedia · Poseidon · CC BY-SA 4.0
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