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poseidon
/pəˈsaɪdən/
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What does poseidon mean?
proper noun
- The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses; corresponds to the Roman god Neptune.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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He informs Oedipus that a stranger who has taken sanctuary at the altar of Poseidon wishes to see him.
The Gods themselves, especially the greater Gods, such as Zeus, Poseidon, Apollo, Athene, are universals as well as individuals.
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He was also master of an agricultural people; "the ram with the golden fleece for which the Argonauts sailed was the offspring of Poseidon."
In other words, the legend refers to the island-home of a civilized race, over which was a palace which reminds one of the great temple of Poseidon in Plato's story.
Finally we drew up at the gates of that strange and imposing Corinthian temple which might have been dislodged from its original site and hurled to Philadelphia by the first Quaker, Poseidon--the Girard College.