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/pəˈsaɪdən/
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NOUN
- (Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune
How To Use Poseidon In A Sentence
- Otus and Ephialtes were twin giants who were sons of Poseidon and a nymph.
- According to legend, she boasted she was more beautiful than the sea nymphs, called the Nereids. Her boast angered Poseidon, god of the sea, who sent a sea monster, Cetus, to ravage the kingdom.
- And the Lord of the Underworld, Aiedoneus, had terror in hell, and leapt from his throne in that terror and cried aloud, lest the world be cloven above him by Poseidon, Shaker of earth, and his dwelling-place be laid bare to mortals and immortals -- grim halls, and vast, and lothly to the gods. The Iliad
- And they sped to the tribe of the haughty Cephallenians, the people of patient-souled Odysseus whom in aftertime Calypso the queenly nymph detained for Poseidon. Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
- Poseidon is a remake of the 1972 adventure classic The Poseidon Adventure. Movie Review: Poseiden | Fused Film
- If Mirischia the Brazilian theropod is one of my little pets, the enormous sauropod represented by the cervical vertebra MIWG. 7306 – affectionately (and unofficially) known to some of us as 'Angloposeidon' – is one of the biggest [the image at left, and that below, are my drawings of the specimen]. ‘Angloposeidon’, the unreported story, part I
- The adventure really started with the Topex-Poseidon satellite (you see it mentioned in the first illustration here between the two Jasons ') As I said, it is imperative for long time series that we have satellite altimetry instruments continuously measuring the sea surface heights. Archive 2009-02-01
- Poseidon" - Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier Filmstalker: 2006 Oscar nominations announced
- Poseidon and Athena 7 each wanted the honor.
- Andrew said ... it'd be good to see more on pneumaticity and Angloposeidon - hopefully together. Happy Christmas, from gigantic Spanish sauropods... or, alas, poor ‘Angloposeidon’