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The Greek Trinity: Zeus, Poseidon and Hades - gods of heavens, sea, and underworld. As with the other gods and goddesses, they intervened into human affairs and often took the form of what humans called fate. He was the brother to Zeus, the most powerful god and ruler of the Heavens, and to Hades, the god of the Underworld where a soul goes to spend a ghostly existence after death. Poseidon-Neptune to the Romans-was one of the three main gods of ancient Greece. Panoramic view of the Santorini caldera, taken from Oia. The ancient Greeks would kill bulls on beaches or temples and offer up the sacrifices to the god I preferred in my sailing voyage around the Aegean to make a libation to his memory and presence, usually in the form of the first glass of wine which I poured in the waters of Homer’s ‘wine-dark sea’. If any boat was to survive in Poseidon’s Realm, its crew would have to appease him, usually in the form of sacrifices. Poseidon and Athena battle for control of Athens - Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo (1512). As a patron deity of Athens, Poseidon competed with Athena, who planted the sacred olive tree, by establishing a magical well of salt water on the Acropolis. Usually living in the sea, he could make the waters either calm or stormy depending on his volatile moods. Poseidon was the Greek god of the sea, the shaker of the land responsible for earthquakes, and the god of horses. ~Homeric Hymn to Poseidon Gods and Legends