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Poseidon: The Complete Story of the Greek God of the Sea

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Poseidon: The Complete Story of the Greek God of the Sea

Earth-Shaker, the Trident and the Wrath of the Deep

The complete story of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. The brother who drew the ocean, the earthquake god whose anger sank fleets, the contest he lost for Athens, and the long grudge that kept Odysseus from home for ten years.

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  • 11 chapters, primary sources
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  • Original ink illustrations
  • From Homer and Hesiod to Ovid
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  1. 01The Sea Before the Sea God
  2. 02The Brother Who Drew the Ocean
  3. 03Earth-Shaker: The God of Earthquakes
  4. 04The Contest for Athens
  5. 05Horses, Bulls and the Sacred Beasts
  6. 06The Wrath That Followed Odysseus
  7. 07The Walls of Troy and the Cheated God
  8. 08Lovers, Monsters and Strange Children
  9. 09The Trident and the Palace Beneath the Waves
  10. 10Worship on the Coasts of Greece
  11. 11The Old God of a Seafaring People

About this book

About this Greek mythology guide

You prayed to him before a voyage and cursed him when the ship went down. The complete story of Poseidon, the Earth-Shaker.

He was the god you prayed to before a voyage and cursed when the ship went down. Poseidon ruled the sea, but he was older and stranger than that: the Earth-Shaker, god of earthquakes and horses, a force the Greeks both depended on and feared, because the same hand that filled the nets could drown a city without warning.

This is the complete story of Poseidon. The brother who drew the ocean when the cosmos was divided; the Earth-Shaker who split the ground; the bitter contest with Athena for the city of Athens; the horses and bulls that were sacred to him; the long wrath that kept Odysseus from home; the walls of Troy he built and was cheated for; and the monsters and strange children that came of his many loves.

The book follows Poseidon through Homer, Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, Ovid and Apollodorus, recovering the old god of a seafaring people from beneath the tidy Olympian portrait. Every chapter cites where it comes from.

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What you will discover inside

  • How Poseidon drew the ocean when the cosmos was divided
  • Earth-Shaker: the god of earthquakes as well as the sea
  • The contest with Athena for the city of Athens
  • The ten-year grudge that kept Odysseus from home
  • The walls of Troy he built and was cheated for
  • The horses, bulls and monsters sacred to the sea god

Greek mythology book at a glance

TraditionGreek mythology
Chapters11 chapters
Length180 pages
SourcesDrawn from the primary sources, cited inline
Reading levelBeginner-friendly. Every name and place is explained from scratch
FormatPrint-quality PDF
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About the author

Guillaume Henry, founder of Mythologis

Guillaume Henry

Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Mythologis

Guillaume Henry founded Mythologis to make the world's mythologies readable without losing what makes them strange. Every Mythologis book draws on the primary sources first, cross-references multiple translations, and avoids inventing details that aren't in the originals.

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Questions about the Greek mythology book

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Within 24 hours of purchase. Your download link arrives in your inbox automatically.

Is this based on the original Greek sources?

Yes. It draws on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, Ovid and Apollodorus, with references to the standard editions.

Why is Poseidon god of both the sea and earthquakes?

The book traces his older identity as the Earth-Shaker, a god of the ground and of horses, and how the sea came to define him in the classical imagination.

How long is the book?

Eleven chapters, around 180 pages depending on the final layout.

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