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Poseidon oil painting "Poseidon at Sea" by an unknown Italian artist, c. 1640, from a private collection. Central figure is the bearded sea god Poseidon enthroned in a shell chariot pulled by four sea horses through waves, holding a trident and golden orb amid tritons, nereids, cherubs, and rocky shores Ancient mosaic depicting Greek goddess Amphitrite riding a hippocampus beside Poseidon holding a trident, from the hillside houses of Ephesus, Turkey. Painting Neptune Creating the Horse, c. 1845, by Edouard Alexandre Odier (1800-1887), from a private collection. The muscular, bearded sea god Neptune, draped in cloth, leans forward dynamically on rocky shore amid crashing waves and large shells, wielding his trident to conjure a rearing white horse from the sea under a stormy sky. ruins of a temple of Poseidon Poseidon Poseidon Marble relief from the Parthenon showing, from left, Poseidon, Apollo, and Artemis seated and draped in flowing garments, displayed at the Museum of the Acropolis in Athens. Ancient Greek mosaic from Delos depicting two dolphins swimming, surrounded by geometric and wave patterns in blue, white, and earth tones.
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James Barry (1741-1806) painting title: The Education of Achilles, oil on canvas by James Barry, c. 1772; in the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut. 102.9 x 128.9 cm Alternate title: Chiron and Achilles
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Poseidon, in ancient Greek religion, god of the sea (and of water generally), earthquakes, and horses. He is distinguished from Pontus, the personification of the sea and the oldest Greek divinity of the waters. The name Poseidon means either “husband of the earth” or “lord of the earth.” In the Greek pantheon he was one of the 12 Olympians and the most powerful after his brother Zeus, the sky god and chief deity of ancient...

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