CLA 2323 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Castor And Pollux, Odysseus, Arcadia
2 Mar 2017
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In homer"s odyssey - poseidon in revenge for odysseus blinding of the cyclops (poseidon"s son); used every weapon in his armoury to impede the homecoming of odysseus to ithaca. As symbol of his stormy energy: his trident. Aside from being the god of the sea - he is also ennosigaios shaker of the earth . Breaking up the ground, stirs up turbulence of nature. Believed that it was him who caused the catastrophic spartan earthquake 464 bc. Another form of his energy - animals; especially horses (cult of poseidon hippios) According to story of thessaly & athens: it was when the god"s semen spurted onto a rock & made the 1st horse. Another myth derived from arcadia: demeter turned herself into a mare to avoid attention of poseidon (his metamorphosis into a stallion enabled him to fulfill his desire) Euripides" tragedy hippolytus - where poseidon express his power through energy of beast.
