He is often regarded as the tamer or father of horses, and with a strike of his trident, he created springs which are related with the word horse. In the myths of isolated Arcadia he is related with Demeter and Persephone and he was venerated as a horse, however it seems that he was originally a god of the waters. He also had the cult title "earth shaker". In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes. Poseidon ( / p ə ˈ s aɪ d ən, p ɒ-, p oʊ-/ Greek: Ποσειδῶν, pronounced ) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. Hades, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus, ChironĪmphitrite, Aphrodite, Demeter, various others Poseidon from Milos, 2nd century BC ( National Archaeological Museum of Athens)
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