Poseidon
Character · slug: poseidon
Also: Earth-Shaker, Hippios, Neptune in Ovid, Phorbas
- Reign of Cronus, the Swallowing of the Children, and the Birth of Zeus
Cosmogony / Theogony · Hesiodic (with Apollodorean Cretan enrichment clearly marked)
- Imprisonment of the Titans and the Warders of Tartarus
Cosmogony / Theogony · Hesiodic
- Division of the Cosmos among Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades
Cosmogony / Theogony · Homeric / Apollodorean (lots among the three brothers)
- Birth of the Olympian Generation: Overview (Hesiodic)
Cosmogony / Theogony (bridge toward Olympian cycle) · Hesiodic catalogue after Zeus’s kingship
- Nereus and the Nereids (Hesiodic / Apollodorean Catalogue)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Pontus’s line / sea nymphs · Hesiodic catalogue (+ Apollodorean Nereid list)
- Phorcys and Ceto: Graeae, Gorgons, and Sea-Monster Genealogy
Cosmogony / Theogony — Phorcid sea-monster line · Hesiodic — Phorcys–Ceto brood (zoom on Graeae/Gorgons)
- The Topography of Tartarus (Hesiod)
Cosmogony / Theogony — underworld geography / cosmic architecture · Hesiodic — Tartarus’s measures, gates, and residents beyond Titan imprisonment alone
- Ares and Aphrodite Caught by Hephaestus
Olympian gods · Homeric — Demodocus’s song in *Odyssey* 8
- Athena and Poseidon Contest for Athens
Olympian gods · Apollodorean / Attic (Pausanian landmarks)
- Poseidon and Demeter: Areion and Despoina
Olympian gods / Arcadian mystery cult · Pausanian Arcadian (Thelpusa / Lycosura); Apollodorean black Demeter notice
- Poseidon and Tyro: The Enipeus Deception; Birth of Pelias and Neleus
Olympian gods / Aeolid heroic prelude · Homeric (*Odyssey* 11) / Apollodorean
- Hera and Poseidon: The Contest for Argos
Olympian gods / Argive foundation · Pausanian Argive (divine contest; river-gods as judges)
- Marriage of Hephaestus and Aphrodite
Olympian gods — Hephaestus / Aphrodite · Homeric marital pairing (beyond the net-song) / handbook olympian household
- Apollo, Marpessa, and Idas
Olympian gods — Apollo / mortal love contest · Homeric / Apollodorean (Idas vs. Apollo; Marpessa’s choice)
- Poseidon and Medusa in Athena’s Temple
Olympian gods — Poseidon / Athena / Gorgon origin · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Greek temple-violation curse aetiology
- Athena and Medusa: The Beauty Curse (Handbook Variant)
Olympian gods — Athena / Gorgon aetiology · Apollodorean minority notice / handbook beauty-challenge
- Zeus Hangs Hera with Anvils (Iliad)
Olympian gods — Zeus / Hera conflict · Homeric (*Iliad* recalled punishment)
- Ares and Halirrhothius: Trial on the Areopagus
Olympian gods — Ares / Attic aetiology · Apollodorean / Pausanian Attic (first murder trial; Areopagus named)
- Poseidon and Halirrhothius (Father of the Victim)
Olympian gods — Poseidon / Attic · Apollodorean / Atthidographic (Poseidon as avenging father)
- Hestia: Virgin Privilege and the Hearth
Olympian gods — Hestia · Homeric Hymns — eternal virginity; first and last libations; hearth privilege
- Poseidon and Helios Contest for Corinth
Olympian gods / Corinthian aetiology · Pausanian — Briareos arbitrates; Isthmus to Poseidon, Acrocorinth height to Helios
- The Aloadae: Otus and Ephialtes against the Gods
Olympian gods — early threats to Olympus / Poseidon’s line · Homeric / Apollodorean (Aloadae; binding of Ares; assault on heaven)
- Poseidon and Amphitrite: Marriage of the Sea-Queen
Olympian gods — Poseidon / Nereid queenship · Hesiodic genealogy + Apollodorean / handbook marriage; Delphinus aid
- Poseidon and Apollo Build the Walls of Troy (Homeric)
Olympian gods — Poseidon & Apollo / Trojan aetiology · Homeric — gods’ year of servitude to Laomedon; unpaid wage
- Thetis’s Prophecy: Zeus and Poseidon Renounce Her
Olympian gods — Zeus / Poseidon / Thetis; Achillean prelude · Pindaric / Apollodorean — son destined to be mightier than his father
- Homeric Hymn to Poseidon (22)
Olympian gods — Poseidon / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn XXII — praise of the Earth-shaker
- Beheading of Medusa: Birth of Pegasus and Chrysaor
Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean / Hesiodic enrichment (Medusa mortal; Pegasus and Chrysaor from the neck)
- Andromeda and the Sea-Monster (Ethiopia)
Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean Ethiopian (Cepheus’s Aethiopia; Ammon’s oracle; Phineus petrified)
- Fifth Labor: The Augean Stables
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (cleaning by river diversion; wage-quarrel with Augeas; Phyleus as witness; Eurystheus again refuses to count the labor)
- Seventh Labor: The Cretan Bull
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (bull of Crete brought alive; released; later the Marathonian bull)
- Ninth Labor: Hippolyte’s Belt (Hera’s Rumor and the Death of the Queen)
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (Admete’s desire; Hippolyte first willing; Hera as Amazon spreads rumor; Heracles kills Hippolyte and takes the belt of Ares)
- Hesione Exposed at Troy: Heracles, Laomedon, and the Broken Bargain
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (attached to the homeward voyage after the Amazon labor; Apollo–Poseidon wages unpaid; sea-monster; Hesione; mares of Ganymede promised and refused; threat of later war)
- Tenth Labor: The Cattle of Geryon (Helios’s Cup, Orthrus, Erytheia)
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (Erytheia/Gadira; triple-bodied Geryon; Orthrus and Eurytion; Helios’s golden cup; homeward cattle-drive with Eryx and Hera’s gadfly)
- Cycnus Son of Ares: Combat on the Way to the Hesperides (or at Itonus)
Heroes — Heracles · Hesiodic *Shield* / Apollodorean (Cycnus waylays pilgrims; Heracles kills him; Ares engages and is wounded or parted by Zeus)
- Birth of Theseus: Aethra, Aegeus, and Poseidon (Double Paternity)
Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean / Plutarchan compilation (Trozenian conception; Aegeus and Poseidon both named as fathers)
- Road Labor: Periphetes the Club-Bearer
Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean (first Isthmus labor; Periphetes slain with his own club)
- Road Labor: Sinis Pityocamptes the Pine-Bender
Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean (Isthmus pine-bender; killed by his own method; Perigune)