Example sentences for: poseidon

How can you use “poseidon” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

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

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

  • 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.

  • First came Poseidon, who struck the rock of the Acropolis with his mighty trident and brought salt water gushing forth.

  • 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.


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