Poseidon
Mythology according to dictionary.com is “ a body of myths as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person”. Mythology dates back in the 700’s BC, when the poet Hesiod Theogony created the first cosmogony of how the world was complete darkness, and nothing and, then how suddenly these gods and goddesses evolved from chaos, which was a primeval world and then became rulers of nature, and looked after the people(Greek Mythology, the history of mythology). Mythology, in the center of it all were the deities, said to rule and protect nature and human ways, there were said to be twelve to live on the highest mountain in Greece, known as Mount Olympus and the twelve famous Olympians to be there are named Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Apollo, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Hermes, Ares, Dionysus, Hephaestus, and, Artemis(Greek Mythology, The Olympians). My thesis statement is to tell how important Poseidon was, and to tell about his life, and other information that I thought was worth learning about.…show more content… Poseidon was the ruler of the sea, so in order to do that I am thinking that he should be at least average looking, and pretty strong. Poseidon was in fact depicted as a strong looking, mature god, with a dark beard, he looked like his brother Zeus(Poseidon, Poseidon, Poseidon appearance). Poseidon’s symbol was the trident, he always has it with him, and with him would also be his chariot and carrying Poseidon, the hippocampus(Poseidon, Poseidon