Poseidon: God of the Sea

My dad, brother and I are reading “The Titan’s Curse” by Rick Riordan. One of the characters is Poseidon and I wanted to learn more about him. Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea. He is one of the most powerful gods.

Poseidon’s family are the gods and goddesses. One of his brothers is Zeus and his dad is Kronus. Kronus  was a Titan and he ate Poseidon and his brothers and sisters. Zeus saved them by giving Kronus a potion. Then there was a big war between the gods and Kronus that almost destroyed the world. The gods won and became the rulers of the universe.

Poseidon had a lot of wives and kids. One of his main wives was Amphitrite. Some of his kids were Cyclops, sea monsters and half-bloods. He sometimes turns into a horse. Once he was a horse and had a love affair with Medusa.

As the god of the sea, Poseidon is very powerful. Poseidon has a trident. When he puts his trident in the ground it splits open and starts to rumble. If he puts his trident in the sea it rumbles and there are crashing waves that drowns people and sinks ships. He can be nice. Sometimes he puts his hand out and makes islands and nice calm waves.

I think it would be scary to meet Poseidon but I like reading books about him.