"The Eleusinians have a temple of Poseidon Patros (Father)." With them Athena and Poseidon are worshipped." III. there is a sanctuary of Demeter and her daughter. But the sea at Phaleron is about twenty stades distant from Athens." II. A like story is told by the Athenians about the wave on the Akropolis. "There is an old legend that a wave of sea-water rises up in the sanctuary. The grove and temple of Poseidon were burnt by Antigonos when he invaded Attika, who at other times also ravaged the land of the Athenians." "There is also pointed out a place called the Hill of Horses, the first point in Attika, they say, that Oidipous reached-this account too differs from that given by Homer, but it is nevertheless current tradition-and an altar to Poseidon Hippios (Horse God), and to Athena Hippia (Horse Goddess), and a chapel to the heroes Peirithous and Theseus, Oidipous and Adrastos. Legend says that these appeared as evidence in support of Poseidon's claim to the land." But this cistern is remarkable for the noise of waves it sends forth when a south wind blows. This is no great marvel, for other inland regions have similar wells, in particular Aphrodisias in Karia. here is also inside-the building is double-sea-water in a cistern. Inside the entrance are altars, one to Poseidon, on which in obedience to an oracle they sacrifice also to Erekhtheus, the second to the hero Boutes, and the third to Hephaistos. "There is also a building called the Erekhtheion. " Athena is represented displaying the olive plant, and Poseidon the wave." But the inscription of our time assigns the statue to another, and not to Poseidon." "Not far from the temple is Poseidon on horseback, hurling a spear against the giant Polybotes, concerning whom is prevalent among the Koans the story about the promontory of Khelone. The words of Hegesias occur to me : ‘I see the acropolis, and the mark of the huge trident there.’" "The city itself is a rock situated in a plain and surrounded by dwellings. ATHENS (ATHENAI) Main City of Attica (Attika) They pray to the brother of Zeus, the Lord of the Sea ( Kratos Thalattos), that neither swordfish nor dolphin may come as fellow-traveller with the shoal of tunny."ĬULT IN ATTICA (SOUTHERN GREECE) I. And as I ask myself the reason, I think it worth while to explain what induced them to attach the name ‘Averter of Disaster’ to the god. when they are safely enmeshed in the net, then is the time when everybody prays to Poseidon the Averter of Disaster. "When tunny have been caught by fishermen. Scholfield) (Greek natural history C2nd to 3rd A.D.) : So they sacrificed the bull to Poseidon, and straightway after the sacrifice they caught the fish, and dedicated their offerings at Olympia and at Delphoi with a tithe of their catch."Īelian, On Animals 15. He reported the matter to the Korkyraians, who, finding their labour lost in trying to catch the tunnies, sent envoys to Delphoi. As the same thing happened every day, the herdsman went down to the sea and saw a countless number of tunny-fish. "In Korkyra a bull, leaving the cows, would go down from the pasture and bellow on the shore. In statues, such as the bronze god of Artemisium (image S2.1 right), where the attribute is lost, identification of the god is difficult.ĬLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES GENERAL CULT OF POSEIDON He was virtually identical to Zeus except for his attributes-a trident and dolphin. Poseidon was depicted as a mature, muscular bearded god in ancient Greek sculpture. The foremost of these were his sanctuary near Korinthos (Corinth), site of the Isthmian Games, and the shrines of Helike (Helice) in Akhaia and Onkhestos (Onchestus) in Boiotia. He was widely worshipped with numerous temples and shrines throughout ancient Greece. POSEIDON was the Olympian god of the sea, sources of fresh water, horses and earthquakes. Neptune Poseidon-Neptune, Greco-Roman marble statue, Museo del Prado
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