Poseidon by CTCWeb Editors Epithets The names of gods and goddesses are often accompanied by a finite number of traditional epithets that describe the personality or associations of the divinity. Below is a list of epithets and their Greek equivalents associated with Athena. Students should do their own investigation for the epithets of Athena and then check their findings against this chart. Additions should be made to the chart as necessary. Students can then form a better understanding of how the Greeks and other cultures viewed the nature of their gods and goddesses from the list of epithets they create and to which they add. As an alternative to investigating the epithets of Poseidon, student can look for the surnames that the god has earned in different areas of Greece and in different countries. Students should try to discern why a given surname is given to Poseidon. Below is a through list of Poseidon’s surnames. Pausanias’Guide to Greece is essential when looking for alternative surnames for any god or goddess. An explanation for the use of a particular surname is often provided. Students should fill in the volume, section and line number where mention of each surname is made. Surname Text Poseidon Pater (Father) Eleusis, Temple of Artemis and Poseidon, Architecture Description, Pausanias 1.38.6 Poseidon Horse God Pausanias 1.30.4 Isthmian Poseidon Pausanias 2.9.6 Prosclystius (Flooder) Poseidon Pausanias 2.22.4 Poseidon King Pausanias 2.30.6 Poseidon Nurturer (Phytalmios) Pausanias 2.32.7 Poseidon Genesius Pausanias 2.38.4 Poseidon Securer Pausanias 3.11.9 Poseidon Taenarum Pausanias 3.12.5 Poseidon Hippocurius (Horse-Tending) Pausanias 3.14.2 Poseidon of the House Pausanias 3.14.7 Poseidon God of Kin Pausanias 3.15.10 Poseidon Earth-Embracer Pausanias 3.20.2 Poseidon Laoetus Pausanias 5.14.4 Poseidon Taraxippus Pausanias 6.20.18 Poseidon Marine Pausanias 7.21.7 Poseidon Giver of Safety Pausanias 7.21.7 Poseidon Heliconian Pausanias 7.24.5 Poseidon Overseer Pausanias 8.30.1 Hermes in Art and Literature << Table of Contents >> Poseidon in Art

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