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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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Poseidon
Poseidon, marble statue from Melos, 2nd century bce;...
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
John Singleton Copley: The Return of Neptune
The Return of Neptune by American painter John Singleton Copley; c. 1754,...
© VCG Wilson/Fine Art—Corbis Historical/Getty Images
Poseidon and Amphitrite
Mosaic of Amphitrite on a hippocampus with Poseidon; in the hillside houses of the...
© Matthew Ragen/Dreamstime.com
Edouard Alexandre Odier: Neptune Creating the Horse
Neptune Creating the Horse by Edouard Alexandre Odier; c. 1845, from a private...
© Fine Art Images/Heritage Images—Hulton Fine Art Collection/Getty Images
ruins of a temple of Poseidon
Ruins of a temple of Poseidon, Attica, Greece.
© David Buffington—Photodisc/Getty Images
Poseidon
An amphora (jar) with a representation of Poseidon, attributed to the Berlin Painter,...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; Rogers Fund, 1941 (accession no. 41.162.17); www.metmuseum.org
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Poseidon hurling his trident, coin (reverse), 300-295 bce.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund (1929.911.b), www.clevelandart.org.
Parthenon frieze with Poseidon, Apollo, and Artemis
(From left) Poseidon, Apollo, and Artemis, marble relief, portion of the east section...
© Universal History Archive—Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Poseidon riding dolphins
Ancient Greek mosaic showing the sea god Poseidon riding two dolphins.
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