Poseiden

Poseidon, ruler of the seas, but who is he exactly? Poseidon was the god of the sea and he was the ruler and creator of many great things. The starting of his story is told with caution, he is a man with a strong mind and many disputes. Be sure to keep your socks on. ;)

Poseidon had many good and bad attributes, he did many important things and made many mistakes (even as a god). He fought in a battle against the Titans with his brothers and sisters, one of them including Zeus, king of gods. He was also a good handy-man, he built the gates surrounding the defeated Titans, and also built the gate of the underworld. Some bad things Poseidon acted on was a plot against Zeus to confine him in prison. He also had many disputes, many with female figures such as Helius, Hera and Athena. ([|Poseidon-greek mythology link])

Poseidon was an opinionated figure, he liked things his way and he had many arguments because of this. He was affiliated with many figures. For example, the rulers of Mount Olympus, Demeter, Hestia, Hades or Pluto, Poseidon, Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Dionysus, Hebe, and Hermes, seeing as posidon is also a god to live uppon Mt.Olympus. As obviously they would associate to better rule the land. Poseidon was also affiliated with the cyclopes, he was the individual to create them. ([|Poseidon)]

As everyone with great power, Poseidon had to work to be the king of the sea. In the great battle against Cronus and the titans, as he and his brothers (Zeus and Hades) prevailed they had split the world amongst themselves. Hades took control of the underworld, Poseidon took control of the sea, and most powerful Zeus took control of the sky. When they defeated Cronus they had held captive in the golden gates in by which Poseidon built. Later they freed the rest of their brothers and sisters that Cronus had swallowed. ([|Poseidon-greek mythology link])

Poseidon was born one of twelve great gods of the Olympians. Therefore, he was given automatic rights to royalty. Poseidon as said earlier had battled the great Cronus with his brothers and sisters. Winning the battle had made the Olympians rulers of the earth, the earth was distributed to the major rulers. Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, watching over their areas of the world. Not only did he rule the sea he personally created horses and was god of earthquakes because as the earth moves, under the sea earthquakes appear, there-fore making it territory of Poseidon. ([|Poseidon])

Friends were hard for Poseidon to make, he was a difficult strong minded man. He had many fudes and many arguments. For example, he was in a conspiracy against Zeus with Athena, and Hera, they wanted to confine him to jail, later Zeus overcame and punished those involved. Truthfully Poseidon had no long term friends, he had many figures that he had once been friends with but later had disputed with, like, Athena, Zeus, Hades, Hera, And even his wife Aphromitie. Not to mention all of his love affairs, Halia known to be his first love and Aphromitie his final wife after his love, he was unfaithful to them and had fooled around with many other people and goddesses. ([|Poseidon])

Poseidon was an important man in Greek History, he had many duties, and was very cocky. People whom look at him as an idol may want to reconsider, he was poor to women and very self concerned. Ruling on Mount Olympus he had never really spent time there due to his temper, he had spent lots of time down in the ocean in his domain.

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