Poseidon - Poseidon This article is about the Greek god. See also: Poseidon missile - Poseidon (Planet) In Greek Mythology, Poseidon ("husband") was the god of the sea, known to the Romans as Neptune, and to the Etruscans as Nethuns. He was also the god of earthquakes and horses. Benthesikyme was sometimes mentioned as his sister. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Worship 1.1 Role In Society 1.2 In Art 1.3 Appellations 1.4 In Rome 2 Birth and Childhood 3 Adulthood 3.5 Lovers 3.6 Other Stories 4 External Links Worship In the Aegean world, Poseidon pre-existed Zeus and the other Olympic gods. Besides the familiar Olympian Poseidon, brother of Zeus, the familiar, trident-wielding sea-god accompanied by nereids and tritons blowing conch shells, Poseidon had a role in Minoan/Mycenaean cult,.
Poseidon missile - Poseidon missile The Poseidon missile was the second US Navy ballistic missile system, powered by a two-stage solid fuel rocket. It succeeded the Polaris missile beginning in 1972, bringing major advances in warheads and accuracy. It was followed by Trident I in 1979, and Trident II in 1990. Poseidon, although longer and considerably heavier than Polaris A-3, had the same 4600 km (2500 nautical mile) range. It also had improved accuracy and up to 14 W68 multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV) in its warhead bus..
King Crimson - tour through England, and later the United States, performing alongside many contemporary popular musicians and musical groups, including Iron Butterfly, Janis Joplin, and Fleetwood Mac. Tensions and musical differences within the band eventually reached a limit, however; Ian McDonald and Michael Giles left the band in December 1969 to pursue solo work. McDonald went on to be a founding member of Foreigner in 1976. The 1970s King Crimson's lineup fluctuated tremendously during the next few years. The remaining trio of Fripp, Sinfield, and Lake persevered for a short while, releasing the single Cat Food/Groon in March of 1970. During this time, material was being developed for King Crimson's second album, In the Wake of Poseidon. Woodwind player Mel Collins came on board, and bassist Peter Giles appeared on several tracks. Greg.
Knidos - has been very clearly made out. The most famous statue by the elder Praxiteles, the Aphrodite, was made for Cnidus. It has perished, but late copies exist, of which the most faithful is in the Vatican gallery. In a temple-enclosure Newton discovered a fine seated statue of Demeter, which now adorns the British Museum; and about 3 miles south-east of the city he came upon the ruins of a splendid tomb, and a colossal figure of a lion carved out of one block of Pentelic marble, 10 feet in length and 6 in height, which has been supposed to commemorate the great naval victory of Conon over the Lacedaemonians in 394 BC. Knidos was a city of high antiquity and probably of Lacedaemonian colonization. Along with Halicarnassus and Kos, and the.
Jason - Jason to Chiron to be educated while Pelias, paranoid that he would be overthrown, was warned by an oracle to beware a man wearing one sandal. Many years later, Pelias was holding the Olympics in honor of Poseidon when Jason, rushing to Iolcus, lost one of his sandals in a river while helping someone cross. When Jason entered Iolcus, he was announced as a man wearing one sandal. Paranoid, Pelias asked him what he (Jason) would do if confronted with the man who would be his downfall. Jason responded that he would send that man after the Golden Fleece. Pelias took that advice and sent Jason to retrieve the Golden Fleece. The Quest For The Golden Fleece Jason assembled a great group of heroes and a huge ship called the Argo..
Jack Albertson - received a Tony nomination, and The Subject Was Roses'', the play which garnered him the Tony. He was also know for two radio programs, Just Plain Bill and The Jack Albertson Comedy Show. Jack Albertson had a prolific movie career as well, mostly playing supporting roles. Most notable among these was: a bit part as the postal worker who redirected all of Santa Claus' mail to the New York Courthouse in "Miracle On 34th Street" (1947) a film version of "Top Banana" (1953) teamed again with his friend Phil Silvers "The Subject Was Roses" (1968), for which he won a best supporting actor Oscar "Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory" (1971) "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972). Other films include: "Big Business Girl" (1931) "Don't Go Near The Water" (1957) "Monkey On My.
Iamus - Iamus In Greek mythology, Evadne was a daughter of Poseidon and mother of Iamus by Apollo. She was ashamed of her pregnancy and exposed the child to the elements. He survived and founded the Iamos, a family of priests from Olympia..
Idomeneus - suitors. Meriones was his charioteer and brother-in-arms. After the war, his ship hit a horrible storm. Idomeneus promised Poseidon that he would sacrifice the first living thing he saw when he returned home if Poseidon would save his ship and crew. The first living thing was his son, whom Idomeneus duly sacrificed. The gods were angry at his murder of his own son and they sent him in exile to Calabria in Italy. (Virgil III, 400) In an alternate version, his own subjects on Crete sent him in exile because he brought a plague with him from Troy. He fled to Calabria, and then Colophon, Asia Minor, where he died. Idomeneo, a 1780 opera seria by Mozart is based on the story of Idomeneus..
Intercontinental ballistic missile - an alternative to ballistic missiles. Specific types of US ballistic missiles include: Atlas (SM-65, CGM-16) Titan I (SM-68, HGM-25A) Titan II(SM-68B, LGM-25C) Minuteman I (SM-80, LGM-30A/B, HSM-80) Minuteman II (LGM-30F) Minuteman III (LGM-30G) Peacekeeper / MX (LGM-118A, MX) Midgetman Polaris Poseidon Trident Specific types of Soviet/Russian ICBMs include: SS-6 SAPWOOD SS-7 SADDLER SS-8 SASIN SS-9 SCARP SS-11 SEGO SS-17 SPANKER SS-19 STILLETO SS-24 SCALPEL SS-25 SICKLE Specific types of ballistic missile submarines include: Benjamin Franklin class submarine Ohio class submarine Resolution class submarine Additonal Soviet/Russian ballistic missile submarines See also: SLBM, Anti-ballistic missile, Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, nuclear disarmament, nuclear warfare, submarine.
Isthmian Games - after the Olympic Games, while the Pythian Games were held in the third year of the Olympiad cycle. The Isthmian Games were held in honour of Poseidon, and were said to have originated around 580 BC to celebrate the death of the tyrant Kypselos. Another story states that the Games were founded by Theseus. Administration of these Games was undertaken by the city of Sicyon following the Roman destruction of Corinth in 146 BC, until Corinth recovered ownership of these Games at some point between 7 BC and AD 3. The Isthmian Games thereafter flourished until Theodosius I suppressed them as a pagan ritual. The winners of the Isthmian Games received a wreath of pine..
Hades - crossing the river Acheron, ferried across by Charon (kair'-on), who charged an obolus (coin) for passage. The far side of the river was guarded by Cerberus, the three-headed dog defeated by Heracles (or Hercules as the Romans referred to him). After Cerberus, the shades of the departed entered Tartarus, the land of the dead. The five rivers of Hades are Acheron, Cocytus, Phlegethon, Lethe and Styx. See also Mnemosyne and Eridanus. Hades the person In Greek mythology, the god of the underworld was named "Hades" because and after the unseen kingdom of that name. Hades was born as a son of Titanss Cronus and Rhea. He had three older sisters Hestia, Demeter and Hera as well as two younger brothers Poseidon and Zeus. Cronus fearing that his children would grow to.
Halirrhotius - Halirrhotius Halirrhotius (or Halirrhotios) was the son of Poseidon in Greek mythology. When Halirrhotius raped Alcippe, Ares' daughter by Aglaulus, Ares murdered him. Ares was tried in a court, the first murder trial in history. He was acquitted..
Halia - In Greek mythology, Halia was a nymph from Rhodes. With Poseidon, she was the mother of Rhode..
Halicarnassus - to the mainland and the city extended so as to incorporate Salmacis, an older town of the Leleges and Carians. About the foundation of Halicarnassus various traditions were current; but they agree in the main point as to its being a Dorian colony, and the figures on its coins, such as the head of Medusa, Athena and Poseidon, or the trident, support the statement that the mother cities were Troezen and Argos. The inhabitants appear to have accepted as their legendary founder Anthes, mentioned by Strabo, and were proud of the title of Antheadae. At an early period Halicarnassus was a member of the Doric Hexapolis, which included Cos, Cnidus, Lindus, Camirus and Ialysus; but one of the citizens, Agasicles, having taken home the prize tripod which he had won in.
Hestia - the Twelve Olympians, she was later removed in favour of Dionysus. Afterwards, she tended the sacred fire on Mt. Olympus. Her altars included every family hearth on earth. Hestia vowed to forever remain a virgin and refused Poseidon and Apollo when they came calling. Hestia is also the title of a science fiction novel by C. J. Cherryh..
Hecatonchires - were stopped when Thetis brought a Hecatonchire to his aid. They are often considered sea-deities, and may be derived from pentekonters, longboats with fifty oarsmen. They were Briareus ("strong"), Gyges (or Gyes) and Cottu ("son of Cottytus"). Homer also referred to Briareus as Aegaeon ("goatish"), and said he was a marine deity and son of Poseidon. In Latin, the Hecatonchires were also known as the Centimani..
Hesione - Laomedon or King Tros and sister of Ganymede and Priam. Before the Trojan War, Poseidon sent a sea monster to attack Troy. In the King Tros version, Heracles (along with Telamon and Oicles) agreed to kill the monster if Tros would give him the horses he received from Zeus as compensation for Zeus' kidnapping Ganymede. Tros agreed; Heracles succeeded and Telamon married Hesione, giving birth to Teucer by him. In the King Laomedon version, Laomedon planned on sacrificing Hesione to Poseidon in the hope of appeasing him. Heracles rescued her at the last minute and killed both the monster and Laomedon and Laomedon's sons, save Ganymede, who was on Mt. Olympus, and Podarge, who saved his own life by giving Heracles a golden veil Hesione had made. Telamon took Hesione as.
Hippocampus - well known for developing a big hippocampus. The hippocampus seems to grow when storing more information, as many regions of the brain do. (Although nobody knows whether these cab drivers have trained their hippocampus to this extent, or just a person with large well-developed dorsal hippocampus have more chances to become a taxi driver.) It is because it attacks the hippocampus first that Alzheimer's disease is first discovered by the patient's memory loss. See also: LTP, LTD, subiculum, dentate gyrus In Greek mythology, the hippocampus (horse-like sea monster") was a mythical monster, half-horse, half-sea-monster. One of them pulled Poseidon's chariot. It looked like a horse with the rear part resembling a fish or dolphin. In biology, hippocampus is a genus of fish, the sea-horses, that swim upright with a gripping tail.
Hippolytus - blamed his seduction of her in her suicide note. In revenge, Phaedra wrote Theseus a letter that claimed Hippolytus raped her. She then killed herself. Theseus believed her and, using one of the three curses he had received from Poseidon, Hippolytus' horses were frightened by a sea monster and ragged their rider to his death. Alternatively, after telling Theseus that Hippolytus had raped her, he killed his son and Phaedra committed suicide out of guilt for she had not intended for Hippolytus to die. Artemis later told Theseus the truth. In an alternate version, Phaedra simply told Theseus this and did not kill herself; Dionysus sent a wild bull which terrified Hippolytus' horses. A cult grew up around Hippolytus, associated with the cult of Aphrodite. Girls who were about to be.
Hippothoon - was sometimes said to have taken the throne from Cercyon after his death. The story of Hippothoon's birth was unusual. Poseidon had sex with Alope, his grandaughter through Cercyon, begetting Hippothoon. Cercyon had his daughter buried alive but Poseidon turned her into the spring, Alope, near Eleusis..
