CLA204H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Pelias, Thaumas, Between Scylla And Charybdis
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Chapter 7: poseidon, sea deities, group divinities, and. Poseidon: god of the sea; but not the only god in the water. Thetis was destined to bear a son mightier than his father (why zeus didn"t mate with her. Thetis had the ability to change shape (bird, trees, tigers) and bore. Galatea, a nereid (nymph), was loved by the cyclops polyphemus, a son of poseidon. She didn"t like his attention and instead went after this handsome fellow so. Polyphemus tried to make himself more man for her. Poseidon and amphitrite third nereid, amphitrite is the wife of poseidon. (tho. A reluctant one like her sister) though poseidon was able to win her: similar in the roles of zeus and hera. Poseidon has a weakness for women and his wife is very angry and vengeful: got a son named triton, a merman. Poseidon cheated with tyro, often discussing himself as the thessalian river enipeus to meet with her.
