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Today, I will talk to you about the story of Poseidon, the god of the sea in Greek mythology.
As mentioned earlier, after Zeus overthrew his father Kronos, in order to show superficial fairness and share power with his brothers and comrades-in-arms, he decided to use lots to determine the spheres of influence they controlled.
Although Zeus chose to draw lots in order to show fairness, how could he honestly let luck determine his power? Thus Zeus made a small calculation, drew control of the sky, and became the head of the gods. Hades rules the underworld and becomes the feared King of Hades. And the protagonist we are talking about, Poseidon, that is, the second brother of Zeus, is in charge of the ocean and the water system under the world, known as the god of the sea!
Poseidon, Zeus, Hades
So when it comes to the title of Poseidon, what is the first thing that comes to mind? I guess it should be the legendary weapon, the Trident of poseidon. Let's introduce the origin of this weapon.
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After rescuing his siblings from his father Kronos, Zeus declares his rebellion against Kronos' rule, but they are not at all Kronos opponents with the support of many Titan gods, fortunately Zeus is supported by the Cyclops, who built the Thunder Spear for Zeus, the Invisible Helmet for Hades, and the Artifact Trident for Poseidon.
Poseidon and poseidon trident
The trident further sublimated the power of Poseidon's sea god, the monstrous storm and tsunami are between Poseidon's thoughts, the trident can not only easily set off a fierce wind and waves, but even create a wild wind and wave that shakes the whole world, so that even Zeus is afraid of Poseidon's power.
Such a powerful Poseidon was naturally not willing to succumb to his brothers, especially the suspicious Zeus more than once declared that he would raise the sea into the sky, Zeus's arrogance and stubbornness brought disaster to himself, his arbitrariness often made the Olympian gods feel unhappy, even his closest wife Hera could not stand it, the cunning Poseidon took advantage of this, after designing to deceive the Olympian gods, united several powerful gods to plan a coup.
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These gods are Poseidon, Apollo, the sun god, Hera the Queen of Heaven, and Athena, the goddess of wisdom.
Apollo, the sun god
Queen of Heaven Hera
Athena, the goddess of wisdom
While Zeus was asleep, Poseidon and the sun god Apollo tied Zeus to the bed with a golden chain.
Zeus, who woke up to find himself trapped, let out an angry roar, but he could not resist at all.
But at this time, the rebellious gods were arguing fiercely over the power that had not yet arrived, and they all thought that they should become the new masters, and they saw that a great war was about to take place.
The goddess of the sea, Thetis, could not bear to see the world in the midst of war, and she went to hell Tartaros to secretly release the hundred-armed giant Briarus, the hundred-armed giant was Zeus's most loyal ally, and it was with his help that Zeus defeated the Titan gods, and now his arrival has caused the rebellious gods to fail, and Zeus has been able to escape.
Briarous
And Zeus, who regained power, naturally did not give up, and the rebellious gods were severely punished.
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After the rebellion failed, Zeus's wife, Hera the Queen of Heaven, was punished and chained to the sky, and she was tortured and humiliated until she swore eternal loyalty to Zeus.
Poseidon and Apollo were even more miserable, sealed with divine power, demoted to the mortal world, and ordered to build an indestructible wall for the king of Troy, Raomedon, which we know as the Wall of Troy.
The cunning Raomedong built the city wall and refused to pay them, but the powerless sea god and the sun god Apollo could only grit their teeth and endure, and the dignity of the gods was lost, which was a crueler punishment for the gods than imprisonment and imprisonment, which also let us see the fierce struggle for theocracy, how delicious the fruits of victory were, and how painful the punishment of failure.
Troy Walls
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