Download Poseidon was the god of the sea, and, as "Earth

POSE/DO Poseidon was the god
of the sea, and, as "Earth-Shaker," of
the earthquakes in Greek mvthology_ The name of the sea­
god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in
Roman
mythology: both
were sea gods analogous to
Poseidon. Poseidon was venerated at Pylos and Thebes in pre­
Olympian Bronze Age Greece, but he was integrated into the
Olympian gods as the brother
of Zeus and Hades. Poseidon
has many children. There is a Homeric hymn to Poseidon, who
was the protector of many Hellenic cities, although he lost the
contest for Athens to Athena.