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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]
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]
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.
Poseidon fathered both Aeolus and Boeotus with Arne . [1] It was then through Boeotus that Arne became the ancestress of the Boeotians. [2] In some traditions, Boeotus is the father of Ogyges. [3] [4]
Polyphemus (/ ˌ p ɒ l i ˈ f iː m ə s /; Ancient Greek: Πολύφημος, romanized: Polyphēmos, Epic Greek: [polypʰɛːmos]; Latin: Polyphēmus [pɔlʏˈpʰeːmʊs]) is the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in Homer's Odyssey.
Ancaeus was a son of Poseidon and Astypalaea, and brother of Eurypylus. [2] In some sources, his mother was Althaea, daughter of Thestius. [3] By other accounts his father was the Lelegian king Altes, which accords well with Ancaeus's rule over the Leleges of Samos.
'sea-foam' [1]) was the Athenian son of Poseidon and Euryte [2] or Bathycleia [3] in Greek mythology. He was also called the son of Perieres and husband of Alcyone who bore him two sons, Serus and Alazygus. [4] Another son of Halirrhothius, Samos of Mantinea was the victor of the four-horse chariot during the first Olympic games established by ...
Cycnus was the son of Poseidon by Calyce (daughter of Hecaton), [2] Harpale, [3] or by Scamandrodice. [4] According to John Tzetzes, his mother Scamandrodice abandoned him on the seashore, but he was rescued by fishermen who named him Cycnus "swan" because they saw a swan flying over him. [4]