![]() ![]() For the ancient Greeks who were a seafaring population, to anger the Sea God would mean trouble. If there was one god you didn’t want to get stormed up… it was Poseidon. The Persecution of Odysseus Shipping in a Storm, by Jean-Antoine Théodore Gudin, c.1802-1880, via Sotheby’s Under the Sea: Nereids and Dolphins Ancient Poll, Pamukkale I, by Maria Filopoulou, 2013-2014, via Zoumboulakis Galleries Poseidon’s powers meant that he could cause earthquakes, tsunamis, terrible storms… or else he could ensure that you had a perfect day at the beach. For this reason, Poseidon is often nicknamed “Barnacle Beard”. In most artwork depictions of Poseidon, he is shown with wavy locks and a long and curly beard, which greatly resembles the growth of barnacles on the bottom of a ship. Triton is the name of the King of Atlantis, and Ariel is his daughter. You may recognize his son’s name as it was the influence for Disney’s popular film The Little Mermaid. He lived with his wife Amphitrite, who was a beautiful sea nymph, and with his son, Triton. He lived in a palace that was made of golden coral, at the very bottom of the ocean. Most of the Olympian Gods had a home on Mount Olympus, but Poseidon had his own kingdom under the sea. Poseidon’s domain covered about three-quarters of the world, and so his reach was far and wide. ![]() King of the Waves Poseidon Bust, by Cyan Design, via
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