Then the lord of the seabed decided to retaliate. The gods had designated as jurors Inachos and the two rivers, Kifisos and Asterion. His quarrel with Hera for who will protect Argolis is well known. Poseidon unfortunately was usually losing the title of protector each time he tried to claim a city. Poseidon (Neptune) Greek God - Art Picture by Neffo Cronus was fooled and ashamed by her answer and left. She replied to him with cleverness, that how a baby could be born by sheep or by her that was single. Someday Cronus went through there, because he thought he heard the crying of a baby, and asked Arne if there was a baby nearby. The nymph Arne took over the growing up of Poseidon. Then, in order to conceal the baby's crying from Cronus, Rhea put it to grow among a flock of sheep. Rather than giving him to swallow the divine infant, she gave him, wrapped in swaddling clothes, a newborn horse. Thus, the ancient poets tell that Rhea in the case of Poseidon managed to fool her husband. There are also other myths about the birth of Poseidon. By the time their brother, Zeus, with the magical potion of Metis, managed to get them out of the peculiar prison. Poseidon, like his brothers and sisters, lived the first years of his life in the dark belly of his father Cronus. He is usually depicted as an older male with curly hair and beard. Additionally, he is referred to as "Earth-Shaker" due to his role in causing earthquakes, and has been called the "tamer of horses".
His main domain is the ocean, and he is called the "God of the Sea". Poseidon (Roman equivalent is Neptune) is one of the twelve Olympian deities of the pantheon in Greek mythology, brother of Zeus and Hades (Pluto). Poseidon (Neptune) Greek God - Art Picture by GenzoMan
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