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Poseidon and Amphitrite had a son, Triton, who was a merman, and a daughter, Rhodos (if this Rhodos was not actually fathered by Poseidon on Halia or was not the daughter of Asopus as others claim). According to the mythographer Apollodorus , Benthesikyme was the daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite.
This mythological scene clearly depicts Poseidon (or Neptune to the Romans), bearded and muscular, with four horses and a trident, to the left. But it is not clear whether the central female figure, sitting on a shell boat, is intended as Venus, Poseidon's wife Amphitrite, or Galatea. [1]
Aethra (possibly same as above) is, in one source, called the wife of Hyperion, rather than Theia, and mother of Helios, Eos, and Selene. [6] Aethra, daughter of King Pittheus of Troezen and mother of Theseus either by Poseidon [7] or Aegeus. [8] This is the same Aethra who went to Troy with Helen as one of her two handmaidens. [9]
When she reached a marriageable age, both her parents died, and the sea-god Poseidon, after falling in love with Cleito married her. They had five pairs of twins, namely: Atlas and Eumelus, Ampheres and Evaemon, Mneseus and Autochthon, Elasippus and Mestor, and lastly, Azaes and Diaprepes. [1]
Poseidon was the father of Despoina and he was worshipped as Poseidon Hippios (horse). [25] Although this cult remained regional rather than becoming panhellenic, this is a very important site for the study of ancient mystery religions. In Arcadia Poseidon was closely related to the pair of Arcadian great goddesses identified as Demeter and ...
Poseidon approaches Amymone, whose identity is symbolized by the water jug, with the Cupid above representing the erotic motive of the scene (Roman-era mosaic, House of Dionysos at Paphos) In Greek mythology , Amymone ( / æ m ɪ ˈ m oʊ n iː / ; Ancient Greek : Ἀμυμώνη , romanized : Amymóne , "blameless; innocent" [ 1 ] ) was a ...
Poseidon can be seen in the lower-left background. In Greek mythology , Mestra ( Ancient Greek : Μήστρα , Mēstra ) [ 1 ] was a daughter of Erysichthon of Thessaly . [ 2 ] Antoninus Liberalis called her Hypermestra and Erysichthon Aethon .
Halia was a daughter of Thalassa (the personification of the sea), and sister to the Telchines; it is not clear who her father was, if she had one at all. [3]The sea-god Poseidon fell in love with Halia, and fathered six sons and one daughter, Rhodos, on her, [4] who later became the wife of the sun-god Helios and the one after whom the island of Rhodes was named.