Poseidon

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Poseidon

• By Sarah Park
• English
• 6F

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Greek Name

• Poseidon

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Roman Name

• Poseidons Roman name was
• Neptune

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Symbols Associated With Poseidon

• Poseidons most common symbols are
• Trident
• Horse
• dolphin

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Poseidons Domain

• Poseidon was the god of the sea, horses,
  earthquakes, and all the waters.

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Relatives

• Poseidon has many relatives.
• His father is Kronos, his mother is Rhea, his
  brothers are Zeus, Hades, and Chiron, and his
  sisters are Hera, Demeter, and Hestia.
• Oceanus, Nereus, Proteus, and Phorcys were his
  uncles, and Tethys, Ceto, and Dione were his
  aunts.
• He had a wife named Amphitrite, and many sons and
  daughters.

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Weapons

• Poseidons main weapon was his trident, which is
  also one of his main symbols.

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Special Powers

• He is immortal.
• Can resist injuries.
• He is very, very strong.
• Can control storms.
• Also has control of the ocean.
• Controls all creatures in the sea.
• Can breathe underwater.

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Personality Traits

• Poseidon is very strong. He controls many things.
• He can be moody, sometimes and when he is angry,
  the ocean is rough.
• He is very violent.
• Poseidon is greedy, also.

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Myths

• Poseidon rides chariots in the sea, and horses
  are his most special creations.
• Poseidon and Athena competed to be the god that
  Athens would worship. The king of Athens, at the
  time, told the two of them to bring a gift that
  would be useful to Athens. Poseidon lost and
  Athena so Poseidon cursed the city with a problem
  with water.
• To this day, in real life, Athens has a problem
  with water.

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Other Characteristics

• Poseidon was married to Amphitrite, but he had a
  strong passion for his sister, Demeter. However,
  that feeling wore off later on.
• Poseidon had a beard.
• One of his other (non-main) symbols are the fish
  spear.

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Bibliography

• http//www.mythweb.com/gods/Poseidon.html
• http//www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/poseidon/
• http//gogreece.about.com/cs/mythology/a/mythposei
  don.htm
• Clip Art
• http//www.edupics.com/notepad-t10114.jpg
• http//www.angelfire.com/planet/mythguide/poseidon
  .html
• http//library.thinkquest.org/C005321/tq/Deities2
  0Library/Poseidon.htm
• http//www.theoi.com/Olympios/Poseidon.html
• http//greekgodproject.wetpaint.com/page/Poseidon
  bychristopherzeffert
• http//power-of-the-trident.webs.com/
• http//messagenet.com/myths/bios/poseidon.html
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  n's_myths
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  racteristics.htmlPoseidon
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  idon.html
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  byNathanSletvold