![]() ![]() The games were held every two years in the spring and, like the Olympic Games, athletes, charioteers, and horse racers competed for prizes, in this case, a prestigious crown of first pine and then, in the Classical period, of dry celery. The god was particularly revered here and was the focus of horse races and other events at the Panhellenic Isthmian games which were held in his honour near Corinth. In the Greek religion, Poseidon was said to hold the Isthmus of Corinth in special regard probably as it was an important sea route. For this reason, it made sense that one god looked after all these waterways which encircled the earth (even if many rivers and springs had their own specific personifications in mythology). Poseidon is most often described by both Homer and Hesiod as 'deep sounding Earth-shaker', the 'dark-haired one' and 'encircler of the earth.' The latter title reminds that many ancients believed that all waterways were connected and that the land floated on water. In revenge for the blinding of his son Polyphemus, he cursed Odysseus to wander the sea for ten years. Poseidon also features in Homer's Odyssey as the nemesis of Odysseus. However, he does also give aid to the Trojan hero Aeneas in order to escape from the fearsome Achilles. The god is a major protagonist in the Trojan War of Homer's Iliad, where he supports the Greeks and gives them either encouragement with rousing speeches, often in disguise as various Achaean personalities, or actually leads them in battle with flashing sword. Mark Cartwright (CC BY-NC-SA) In Hesiod & Homer Both Scylla and Charybdis would menace mariners who passed the Straits of Messina between Sicily and mainland Italy. Perhaps justifiably jealous of all these affairs, Poseidon's infatuation with Scylla, the daughter of the sea god Phorcys, led Amphitrite to cast some magic herbs in the girl's bath which turned her into a raging monster with twelve feet and six heads. Most notable are Theseus (with Aithra), Polyphemus the Cyclops (whom Odysseus famously encountered on his lengthy return from the Trojan War), Orion the hunter (with the daughter of Minos), the flying horse Pegasus (after the rape of Medusa), the wild horse Arion, and Charybdis (with Gaia), the ship-eating sea monster which created terrible whirlpools. ![]() However, as with the other divinities, Poseidon fathered many other offspring with various partners. Two other children were Rhode and Benthesicyme. The god's most famous son with Amphitrite was Triton, who was half-man, half-fish. Thank you.The god was particularly revered at Corinth & was the focus of the Panhellenic Isthmian games. So please understand I’m trying my best here. (Side note: It’s hard to say that she was the creator of the dolphins because it then goes against other myth, so I’m just trying to just get the main detail in this post. Amphitrite also gave birth to other children, such as seals and dolphins. Her powers consisted of controlling dolphins and other sea life. She was the oldest out of her fifty sisters. So she is the only queen to rule over the seas with him. She is the first and only wife of Poseidon. So they took her back and then married him. They were able to convinced her to become Poseidon wife. The dolphin’s search in the sea and found her. ![]() After sometime had passed he sent a pack of dolphin’s to go find her and bring her back to him. She did a good job at that because it took a long time for Poseidon to find her. She didn’t want to be with Poseidon, and she ran away from her home.She hid from the King of the sea not wanting to be married to a man like him. Those feeling were only one side for the time being. The king of the sea was in love with her beauty and only wanted her to be his Queen, wife and Mother to his children. She was one out of 50 sisters to be chosen as the wife of Poseidon. The parents of Amphitrite were Nereus and Doris. The goddess that is shown here is the wife of Poseidon.The story of how she was born and how she was later on married to Poseidon. ![]()
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