CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Poseidon, Ophion, Oceanid
22 Sep 2016
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Poseidon and the sea deities (lecture slides 7) Recognized by his trident; he"s also a mature male with a full beard; and he has a chariot of horses. Odysseus: polyphemus (son of poseidon) pursues odysseus at the end of the. Argos: city of argos has a temple of hera (she"s the main goddess); there was a contest between hera and poseidon and poseidon lost, so he dried up all the rivers of argos. Athens: he was also rejected to be the patron god of athens, so he flooded the lowlands of athens. The sea (he"s the god of the sea) some people say he chose the sea while other says that lots were cast; when people sail or go fishing, they make sacrifices to. Earthquakes (he"s also the god of earthquakes) one of his epithets is earth shaker ; some people say he"s the god of uncontrollable natural forces.
