6/11/2023 0 Comments Zeus poseidon flood![]() The very old Egyptian priest who talked with Solon was not at all impressed by the ancient stories of the Greeks, such as the one referring to Phoroneus as "the first man," or the legend of the Flood of Deucalion 1, for these stories, according to his view, were not at all ancient. The legend of Atlantis is not connected to other myths except for the names of Atlas and Poseidon.Īccording to Plato's account it was Solon, the Athenian statesman and poet whom History says lived 600 years after the Trojan War, the one who brought from Egypt the story of Atlantis. ![]() The first born was Atlas, who was appointed to be king over the rest and after whom the island was called. The first ten kings of Atlantis (five pairs of twins) were all sons of Poseidon and Cleito 2. ![]() Later, when the gods perceived that Atlantis was inhabited by an evil race, they let the island be destroyed by the third of the floods which preceded the Flood in the age of Deucalion 1. About 8000 years before the Trojan War, Atlantis attempted to conquer the whole of the Mediterranean world but was defeated by the Athens of those remote times and its allies. Atlantis was ruled by a confederation of kings and its power extended over Libya as far as Egypt and over Europe as far as Tuscany. Their inhabitants became a spiritually ugly race and for that reason Zeus and the gods destroyed them by letting the island be swallowed up by the sea. For as the Olympieium in the city of Athens, so the tale of the lost Atlantis in the wisdom of Plato is the only one among many beautiful works to remain unfinished." (Plutarch, Parallel Lives Solon 32.1-2).Ītlantis was a large island in the Atlantic Ocean which lay in front of the mouth of the pillars of Heracles (straits of Gibraltar). Therefore the greater our delight in what he actually wrote, the greater is our distress in view of what he left undone. But he was late in beginning, and ended his life before his work. Poseidon was also known to give the ability of transformation to other people as he did with maiden Caenis, whom he turned into a very strong man named Caeneus upon her own request."Plato, ambitious to elaborate and adorn the subject of the lost Atlantis, as if it were the soil of a fair estate unoccupied, but appropriately his by virtue of some kinship with Solon, began the work by laying out great porches, enclosures, and courtyards, such as no story, tale, or poesy ever had before. Pegasus, the flying horse born from Medusa when Perseus killed her, was known as one of Poseidon’s offspring, so it is considered that Poseidon had the shape of a horse when he had an intercourse with Medusa. It was told in some myths that Poseidon sometimes shapeshifted into a horse. He was known to be a moody god and it was told that he used that trident to shatter the earth, cause earthquakes and storms when he became angry. The god of the sea was almost all the time depicted with a trident in his hand. However, he did not keep his promise and this ended up Poseidon sending a great sea monster to lay waste on the City of Troy before the Trojan War started. King Laomedon made them build very high walls surrounding the city and promised that he would pay them well for that. Zeus took away divine powers of Poseidon and Apollo temporarily since they took part of a rebellion planned by Hera and they were punished by Zeus to serve the King of Troy, Laomedon. Seamen mostly worshipped Poseidon in the ancient times and it was a part of the rituals that seamen had to drown horses as sacrifices for him. ![]() After spending such a long time for creating horses, he lost interest and did not want to marry Demeter anymore. ![]() So, he created horses, however, it is told that he had to try real hard for this and he created many other animals before creating horses. Poseidon had many children but Theseus, the founder and the king of Athens, was the most important name among these children.Īccording to a myth, Poseidon wanted to marry Demeter but she was unwilling to get married and made it difficult for him by telling she would be his bride if he created the most beautiful animal in the world. When Zeus released Poseidon and four other siblings from the imprisonment of their father, the three brothers, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades shared the universe Zeus became the ruler of sky and heavens whereas Hades became the ruler of the underworld, the realm of the dead and Poseidon was entitled to rule over the sea.Īmphitrite, one of the old sea goddesses, daughter of Nereus and Doris and the granddaughter of Titan Oceanus, was the wife of Poseidon. His counterpart in Roman mythology is Neptune. He was one of the six children of the Titans, Cronus and Rhea. Poseidon is the god of the sea, rivers, earthquakes, flood, drought and horses in Greek mythology. ![]()
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