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Poseidon sent many creatures to find her. A dolphin came across Amphitrite and convinced her to marry Poseidon. As a reward for the dolphin's help, Poseidon created the Delphinus constellation. [7] Eustathius said that Poseidon first saw her dancing at Naxos among the other Nereids, [8] and carried her off. [9]
Many of the Greek deities are known from as early as Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) civilization. This is an incomplete list of these deities [n 1] and of the way their names, epithets, or titles are spelled and attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B [n 2] syllabary, along with some reconstructions and equivalent forms in later Greek.
In Greek mythology, Melanippe (/ m ɛ l ə ˈ n ɪ p iː /; Ancient Greek: Μελανίππη, "black mare"), also known as Arne [1] or Antiopa, [2] was the daughter of Aeolus and the precedent Melanippe (or else daughter of Hippotes or of Desmontes). [3] She was the mother by Poseidon, of the twins Aeolus and Boeotus.
In Greek mythology, Kymopoleia, Cymopoleia, or Cymopolia (/ ˌ s ɪ m ə p ə ˈ l aɪ. ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κυμοπόλεια, romanized: Kymopoleia) was a daughter of the sea god Poseidon, and the wife of Briareus, one of the three Hundred-Handers. [2] Her only known mention occurs in the Hesiodic Theogony. [3]
Poseidon's punishment: Cassiopeia as a constellation sitting in the heavens tied to a chair. Hyginus, Poeticon Astronomicon. "U.S. Naval Observatory Library" Cassiopeia (/ ˌ k æ s i. oʊ ˈ p iː. ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κασσιόπεια Kassiópeia, Modern Greek: Κασσιόπη Kassiópē) or Cassiepeia (Κασσιέπεια Kassiépeia), a figure in Greek mythology, was Queen of ...
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 ...
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] Aethra, wife of the Spartan Phalanthus. She fulfilled the prophecy given to her husband by her tears, after which he conquered Tarentum for himself. [10]
In another, more famous version Canace was a lover not of Poseidon, but of her own brother Macareus. This tradition made them children of a different Aeolus, the lord of the winds (or the Tyrrhenian king), [6] and his wife Amphithea. Canace fell in love with Macareus and committed incest with him, which resulted in her getting pregnant.