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A hymn to Poseidon included among the Homeric Hymns is a brief invocation, a seven-line introduction that addresses the god as both "mover of the earth and barren sea, god of the deep who is also lord of Mount Helicon and wide Aegae, [354] and specifies his twofold nature as an Olympian: "a tamer of horses and a saviour of ships".
Poseidon Ποσειδῶν: God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses. [152] He is the son of Cronus and Rhea, and the brother of Zeus and Hades. [153] He was an important deity in Mycenaean Greece, and through the archaic period his position receded. [154]
Sauroposeidon (/ ˌ s ɔːr oʊ p oʊ ˈ s aɪ d ən / SOR-o-po-SY-dən; meaning "lizard earthquake god", after the Greek god Poseidon [3] [4]) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known from several incomplete specimens including a bone bed and fossilized trackways that have been found in the U.S. states of Oklahoma, Wyoming, and Texas.
Poseidon: Neptune: God of the seas, water, storms, hurricanes, earthquakes and horses. The middle son of Cronus and Rhea. Brother of Zeus and Hades. Married to the Nereid Amphitrite; although, as with many of the male Greek gods, he had many lovers. His symbols include the trident, horse, bull, and dolphin. Demeter: Ceres
Moderately damaging earthquakes strike between New York and Wilmington, Delaware, about twice a century, the USGS said, and smaller earthquakes are felt in the region roughly every two to three years.
Geb (Ancient Egyptian: gbb, Egyptological pronunciation: Gebeb), also known as Ceb (/ ˈ s ɛ b /, / ˈ k ɛ b /), [a] was the Egyptian god of the Earth [1] and a mythological member of the Ennead of Heliopolis. He could also be considered a father of snakes. It was believed in ancient Egypt that Geb's laughter created earthquakes [2] and that ...
As waterways continue to dry up amid a summer of droughts, long-submerged relics have resurfaced on at least three continents. And, as one river dries up in Texas, dinosaur footprints dating back ...
Isthmia is located on the key land route connecting Athens and central Greece with Corinth and the Peloponnese.Its location on the Isthmus, between the major Corinthian ports of Lechaeum on the Gulf of Corinth and Cenchreae on the Saronic Gulf, made Isthmia a natural site for the worship of Poseidon, god of the sea and also of mariners.