希腊神话海神波塞冬

Zues and pantheon(诸神)voted,Athena won as patron, for the olive tree brought wood, oil and food
Poseidon is lustful(好色的) like Zeus.
Wife：Amphitrite
She was dancing on a island and Poseidon fell in love with her at first sight （一见钟情）.He sent a dolphin to chase her. Lastly, she was tired and sat on the back of the dolphin.So she became the wife of Poseidon.
The foundation of Athens
Athena and Poseidon competed for the patron(保护人)of the Athens Each would give the Athenians one gift Poseidon struck the ground with his trident and a spring sprang up; the water was salty and not very useful,whereas Athena offered them an olive tree.
源自文库on---Triton
The sea god
upper body is a human and the tail is a fish
Lovers
Demeter (sister) Medusa Gaia(grandma)
Demeter
Poseidon pursue his sister Demeter. While Demeter doesn’t like him,so she changed her shape into a mare(母马) to hide from him. Poseidon changed himself into a stallion （公马） and mounted her.
Abode(住所) : Sea
Domain(领域)：Ocean Symbol: Trident(三叉戟)， Fish,Dolphin,horse Parents: Cronus and Phea Sibling: Zeus（brother)
Roman equivalent: Neptune
Weapon and Symbol
• Legend • Private life • Influence
Legend
Poseidon is one of the twelve Olympian deities （十二主神）of the pantheon（诸 神） in Greek mythology.
God of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses
trident
Angry monsters appeared from the sea waved trident to cause tsunamis and earthquakes.
“Earth-Shaker”.
Personality
Aggreesive
Ambitious Warlike
The wall of Troy
The planet Neptune is named after Poseidon’s Roman name:Neptune
As Poseidon is the god of the sea,we call the planet: 海王星
Poseidon and Apollo
offended Zeus by their rebellion
sent to serve KingLaomedon of Troy （特洛伊）.
build huge walls around the city （特 洛伊城墙）
promised to reward them refuse To revenge Poseidon sent a sea monster to attack Troy. The monster was later killed by Heracles.