Although, she pretended she had given birth to a colt which she then proceeded to give Chronos to devour. But he was saved by Zeus, according to one version of the lore, while according to other versions, it was his mother that saved him by hiding him in between a flock of lambs. Like how his siblings were swallowed by their father Chronos, Poseidon too met the same fate. Poseidon is always pictured with a Trident and is seen riding a chariot which is being pulled by Hippocampuses (Horses with the bodies of fish) His symbols are the Trident, Dolphin, Horse, and fish This island in the present-day geography is called the Nisyros island. During the famous Greek battle of Gigantomachy, where the giants fought against the Olympian gods, Poseidon broke off the Kos island using his trident and buried the Giant called Polybotes under one of the broken pieces.
Skyphios originated from a rock that was bashed by Poseidon. It’s rightly said that Poseidon was the creator of the first horse called Skyphios. And his scream was so loud that it sounded like a combined fierce roar of ten thousand men together. He is even depicted as a formidable god of the sea, standing on the waves featuring the trident or the fishing spear.
He rode a chariot run by 4 horses and held a trident which was his major weapon as well as symbol. Poseidon looked very similar to Zeus and had a dense, long beard with beautiful, thick curly hair with a strong and intense gaze.
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