Example sentences for: poseidon

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  • Four temples loom over the forum and residential quarters of Poseidonia (as it was known before the Roman era), City of Poseidon.

  • Built beside an ancient Temple of Athena whose scant remains can just be seen, the Erechtheíon brought together the worship of Athena and Poseidon under one roof — legend says that following the contest between the two gods for the honor of protecting Athens, they were reconciled and this dual temple recognized their special bond with regard to the city.

  • The windswept peninsula of southern Attica reaches out towards the Aegean Sea, and at its very tip (70 km/43 miles south of Athens) the ancients built a beautiful Temple to Poseidon, the God of that watery realm.

  • On Samothraki, you can climb to the summit of Mount Fengari, where the God Poseidon watched the Trojan War reach its tragic climax.

  • In ancient Greek mythology Athens is named following a contest between Athena, goddess of wisdom, and Poseidon, god of the sea.


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