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Have you ever heard about the gods of Olympus? Poseidon is one of the gods of Olympus. He is one of the most powerful gods in the kingdom of gods. Poseidon is the god of the seas, earthquakes, storms, horses, and droughts. Poseidon has the worst temper out of all the other gods in Olympus. If anyone were to insult him, he would be extremely vengeful to whoever were to insult him. Today, you 'll learn about the god Poseidon, relatives and family of Poseidon, how he still relates to the present, how Poseidon came to be the god of the seas, and things that Poseidon is responsible for. So as for a god, he has a lot of history and very interesting things. Poseidon is the most powerful god there is out of the twelve Olympians. Many people prefer to call him poseidon. But many roman people know him as Neptune or Neptunus, which are his roman name. Poseidon is the god of the seas, earthquakes, and horses. Poseidon was one of the supreme gods of Olympus, but he decided to spend most of his time in watery domains.(The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). He is also the god of earthquakes. The reason he is the god of earthquakes is because the three top gods decided to show …show more content…

The father of Poseidon is Cronus and his mother is Rhea. Poseidon also has many siblings: three sisters, two brothers. The names of the two brothers are Hades, the god of the underworld, and Zeus, god of the skies and the supreme god of all Olympus. His sisters on the other hand is Hestia, goddess of hearth, home, architecture, domesticity, family, and the state, Hera who is the goddess of marriage and family, and Demeter, goddess of corn, grain, and harvest. As for Poseidons descendants, he has six. The names of his offsprings are Theseus, Triton, whom is a merman demigod of the sea, Polyphemus, Belus, Agenor, Neleus, and Atlas. Poseidon also has a spouse whose name is Amphitrite. As you can see, Poseidon has many family members as well as his

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