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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]
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]
A statue of Neptune in the city of Bristol.. Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea and the brother of Zeus, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter.Beckoned by the curse of Polyphemus, his one-eyed giant son, he attempts to make Odysseus' journey home much harder than it actually needs to be.
Women of Poseidon. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. A. Aphrodite (6 C, 30 P) D. Demeter (8 C, 17 P) G. Gaia (3 C, 5 P)
In the Iliad, he and his brothers split the cosmos between themselves, with Poseidon receiving the sea. [157] His wife is Amphitrite, with whom he lives below the ocean, though he has affairs with numerous women, producing sometimes dangerous or monstrous children. [158]
In Greek mythology, Andromeda (/ æ n ˈ d r ɒ m ɪ d ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρομέδα, romanized: Androméda or Ἀνδρομέδη, Andromédē) is the daughter of Cepheus, the king of Aethiopia, and his wife, Cassiopeia.
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Caeneus was originally a woman named Caenis who was transformed into a man by the sea-god Poseidon. [8] Although possibly as old as the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women (c. first half of the sixth century BC), [9] the oldest secure mention of this transformation comes from the mythographer Acusilaus (sixth to fifth century BC). [10]