Poseidon's son Triton and his other children

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Poseidon is the master of the sea elements, one of the most famous and prominent representatives of the Olympic deities of Ancient Greece. It is often customary to identify all water resources with this celestial being or its analogue from Rome, Neptune.

This position is not entirely appropriate: according to ancient mythology, the depths of the sea were inhabited by many fabulous creatures, whose power was also quite great.

Triton, the son of Poseidon, certainly belongs to such characters. Just like his father, he was considered the patron of the seas and rivers, he controlled the water element at his own discretion. According to the myths, he always appeared unexpectedly and with a shell in his hands. With its help, he fearlessly controlled the waves, forcing strong storms to twist, or vice versa, pacified them. During the heavy battles of the Olympian gods with the titans, he was able to wrap some of them in shameful flight, making powerful and frightening sounds with a shell-pipe. The family trident can also be attributed to the symbols of Triton.

Many legends are associated with his name, the most interesting of which are myths aboutArgonauts or the punishment of the impudent daredevil Misen.

Brave Argonauts, caught in a fierce storm, were abandoned in the Libyan desert. To survive and get out of it, travelers had to overcome a dangerous path to Tritonian Lake with a ship in their hands. In order to get out to the sea again, they had to bring a copper tripod as a gift to Triton. The son of Poseidon appeared before them in human form, accepted the gift and pointed in the right direction. In addition, he presented the brave travelers with a lump of earth, which, when falling into the sea, turned into a beautiful island.

Triton did not only help people. The son of Poseidon could also cruelly punish the proud. This is what happened to Miesen of Troy. His speeches that he is allegedly the best trumpeter on the whole Earth and even the gods are inferior to him reached Triton. Rising from the depths of the sea, with the help of his shell, he made such powerful sounds that the insolent was simply washed away into the water.

The Greeks often portrayed him as a fish-man. The upper part of the body of the son of Poseidon resembled a man, but his legs were fused into a fishtail.

Triton was born from the union of Poseidon and the beautiful Nereid Amphitrite. God Poseidon, like his brother, Zeus the Thunderer, was distinguished by a rare love of love. In addition to Triton, he had many children. The Greeks counted among his children Amik, Antaeus, the twins Ota and Ephi altes, even the winged horse Pegasus.

The remaining children of Poseidon were not as famous as Triton. In legends and myths, only brief mentions of them remain. So, Amik died at the hands of one of the Argonauts in a fistfight.

Antey- a huge giant from Libya, born of the goddess of the Earth from Poseidon. He was famous as an invincible and merciless fighter. He drew his strength from mother earth, touching her during the next battle. He accepted death from the famous Hercules, who was able to unravel his cunning.

Separately in this row is Pegasus, who does not have a human appearance, but appears in the form of a horse.

Most of the time he spent surrounded by beautiful nymphs on top of Mount Parnassus. Like the other children of Poseidon, Pegasus was not immortal, but on the last day of his life he was honored by Zeus and turned into a constellation.