The sea and fresh water springs god brother of Zeus.

Roman name for poseidon. He is one of the three most powerful Greek gods along with Zeus and Hades and rules over the ocean and all bodies of water. On the island of Samos he was called Epactaeus The God of the Coast A more poetic reference to the coastline was in the name Prosclystius One Who Dashes Against. Neptune Poseidon was an important god.

Poseidon Poseidon Aegaeus Poseidon Hippios. Neptunus Neptune Latin Neptunus in Roman religion originally the god of fresh water. Theseus Triton Polyphemus Belus Agenor Neleus Atlas.

Some nick names for poseidon is neptune and poseidon is a greek god and neptune is a real roman god of the sea like poseidon and poseidons coulture is neptune but poseidon is much stronger and much. He was depicted as a mature man of sturdy build with a dark beard and holding a trident. Roman name Neptune was the god of the sea earthquakes and horses.

Neptune was the Roman name for Poseidon the god of the sea. The majority of were linked to him with only the briefest of. The only notable difference between the two was that Neptune unlike Poseidon was associated with fresh water as well as the sea.

He was especially important to Greek sailors and fisherman. This page provides an expansive overview of the children of Zeus. This would be an issue of semantics and there are many commonalities in both the Greek god and the Roman god mythology to suggest their equivalence.

The name Pelagaeus for example referred to Poseidon as Of the Sea Aegaeon on the other hand specified the Aegean Sea as his domain. Poseidon is a god in Greek mythology and one of the Twelve Olympians. Poseidon Roman Counterpart was Neptune When the Roman Empire conquered the Greeks in 146BC the Romans assimilated various elements from other cultures and civilisations including the gods and goddesses that were worshipped by the Ancient Greeks.