Blessing:
Poseidon is one of the oldest and strongest of the Gods, whose kingdom is the sea. Sailors, fisherfolk, and all who work on or around the sea are his. He values strength and courage, but is not above taking even the most beloved sailor down to the briny depths. He is a chaotic God, completely unpredictable. He is also connected to horses, which form he frequently takes to mate with mortals and Goddesses alike.
Epithets:
Aspheleios (Steadfast), Basileus (King), Ennosigaios (Earth-Shaker), Gaieokhos (Earth-Holder), Hippios (of Horses), Pater (Father), Petraios (of the Rock), Phutalmios (Nourishing), Soter (Savior), Taureos (Bull-like)
Symbols:
trident, crown, conch shell
Animal(s):
horse, bull, dolphin, all marine life
Sacrifices:
conch shells, coral, amethyst, sapphire, aquamarine, cedar, onycha, amergris, myrrh, bisquits, salt, tuna, or the first catch of the season
Primary Cult Center(s):
Cape Sounion, Pylos, Mount Mykale
Festivals:
Isthmian Games: 2nd and 4th years of the Olympiad
Poseidea: 8 Poseidon (December-January)
8th day of the month
Ways to honor:
Visit a beach. Ride horses. Go out on boats. Support fishermen and sailors. Fight pollution of our seas and beaches. Learn a water sport, such as diving or snorkling or boating.
For more information:
Apollodorus' Library 1.1.6, 1.2.2, 1.4.3-5, 1.5.1, 1.6.2, 1.7.5, 1.9.9, 2.1.5, 2.151-57, 2.249, 2.297, 2.4.1, 2.4.4, 2.147, 2.5.5, 2.5.8, 2.5.10, 3.1.4, 3.14.2, 3.14.3, 3.15.5-7, 3.16.6, 3.7.1
Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica 1.179-189, 4.566-571
Demosthenes' Against Aristocrates 66
Euripides' The Trojan Women
Herodotus' The Histories 4.180.4, 7.129, 8.55
Hesiod's Catalogues of Women 7, 9, 10, 13, 72
Hesiod's Theogony 278-281, 453-506, 730-733, 930
Homer's Iliad 7.445, 8.200, 12.15, 13.1, 13.32, 13.59, 13.205, 13.231, 15.155, 15.15.184, 20.54, 20.309, 21.435
Homer's Odyssey 1.19-26, 1.44, 1.68-79, 4.500, 5.282-381, 11.250, 13.125-187
Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite 5.22-25
Homeric Hymn to Poseidon 22
Hyginus' Fabulae 89, 140, 166, 169, 186-188
Hyginus' Poetica Astronomica 2.5, 2.17, 2.20, 2.22
Ovid's Metamorphoses 4.531-542, 2.547-595, 4.790-803, 6.115-120, 8.848-854, 12.580-596
Pausanias' Description of Greece 1.14.6, 2.1.6, 2.15.5, 2.33.1, 8.8.2, 8.25.5-8, 8.42.1-2, 8.37.9, 10.5.6
Pindar's Isthmean Odes 8.21, 8.30-45
Pindar's Olympian Odes 1.25-88
Plato's Republic 391c
Plutarch's Theseus 6.1
Virgil's Aeneid 1.124-156, 5.779-826
Virgil's Georgics 1.12-14
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