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In these accounts, he was described as the Boeotian son of Poseidon [3] and father of Megareus and Abrota, wife of King Nisos. [4] Onchestus's son and son-in-law were listed as kings of Megara. In some traditions, Onchestus was called the son of Boeotus. [citation needed]
Erechtheus (/ ɪ ˈ r ɛ k θj uː s,-θ i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἐρεχθεύς) in Greek mythology was a king of Athens, the founder of the polis and, in his role as god, attached to Poseidon, as "Poseidon Erechtheus". The name Erichthonius is carried by a son of Erechtheus, but Plutarch conflated the two names in the myth of the begetting ...
In the Theogony Briareus becomes the son-in-law of Poseidon, while Poseidon, whether regarded as the father of Briareus/Aegaeon, or not, is a central figure in the story told about the Hundred-Hander in the ‘’Iliad’’.
Poseidon was enraged over the murder of his son, and Ares was thus held in hold, which eventually acquitted him. [ 181 ] The contest of Athena and Poseidon was the subject of the reliefs on the western pediment of the Parthenon , the first sight that greeted the arriving visitor.
Triton was the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite according to Hesiod's Theogony. [1] [2] He was the ruler (possessor) of the depths of the sea, [1] who is either "dreadful" or "mighty" (δεινός) according to the epithet given him by Hesiod. [1] [3] Triton dwelt with his parents in underwater golden palaces. [1]
Bellerophon [1] or Bellerophontes (Ancient Greek: Βελλεροφών; Βελλεροφόντης; lit. "slayer of Belleros") or Hipponous (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόνοος; lit. "horse-knower"), [2] was a divine Corinthian hero of Greek mythology, the son of Poseidon and Eurynome, and the foster son of Glaukos.
Arion is mentioned as early as in the Iliad of Homer, where he is described as the "swift horse of Adrastus, that was of heavenly stock." [10] A scholiast on this line of the Iliad explains that Arion was the offspring of Poseidon, who in the form of a horse, mated with Fury (Ἐρινύος) by the fountain Tilphousa in Boeotia.
Megareus came with his army to the assistance of Nisos, husband of his sister Abrota, [6] against Minos.In one version, he died in the battle, and the city of Nisa (Nisos' domain) was renamed Megara in his honor; [7] in another, he married Iphinoe, daughter of Nisos, and succeeded to his father-in-law's power over Megara. [8]