CLSC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sea Monster
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Poseidon is the god of ocean, sea, and freshwater: also god of earthquakes, god of horses, holder of the earth. Associated with bulls: depicted as bearded, long robe, later as nude, carries a trident. Zeus and poseidon looks alike but carries diferent things. Nephew apollo, he built the walls of troy. The then king cheated because king doesn"t pay them ater they built the wall of troy. Also well known for his grudge against odysis: sleeps with medusa, medusa use to be atracive but pisses of goddess, so now she looks that way. And triton (debated if he is son or not) Pontos one of irst sea god created: proteus old man of sea (shape shiter, neries is son of pontos and gia they have 50 daughters known as the nereids.
