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Poseidon

Ποσειδῶν · puh-SIGH-don

Front / back · narrative-first · guest-open · print-ready structure

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Edges on this card. The visit is the book.

Also calledPoseidon · Neptune
Kindgod
Saypuh-SIGH-don
Words
In the poemBook 1 — Absent at the council — among the Ethiopians
Book 5 — Wrecks the raft
Book 9 — Cause named: Polyphemus his son
Book 13 — Turns the Phaeacian ship to stone
Guest-rightnone — Not a guest of the Ithacan hall
Now Neptune had gone off to the Ethiopians, who are at the world’s end, and lie in two halves, the one looking West and the other East. Book 1

Fact name Poseidon. Butler column may still say Neptune.

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Poseidon

Poseidon

Ποσειδῶν · puh-SIGH-don

Earth-shaker

  • AllegianceOlympians
  • DomainSea antagonist
  • QualityForce of the sea
  • First appearsBook 1
  • Tiercore

Opposes the homecoming after the blinding of his son Polyphemus.

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Poseidon

Ποσειδῶν · puh-SIGH-don

Earth-shaker

Force of nature and opposition.