Poseidon and cupid

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POSEIDON

POSEIDON-Greek god-Neptune-Controled: the sea, the storms and the earthquakes.-He lived in a palace, bottom of the ocean made of coral and gems.-It means Earth-shaker

- Group of gods - Strong, powerful - Govern in the golden age - The first generation Conposed : 12 titans, sons and daugthers of

Urano and Gea. - Oceano, Ceo ,Crío, Hiperión, Japeto, Crono - Febe,Mnemósine, Rea, Temis, Tetis, Tea

TITANS

Crono was a titan.The father of Poseidon swallowed all his sons and daugthers except Zeus.Zeus forced his dad to vomit his brothers and daughters and then with other mitological characters defeated Crono and other titans.

REA CRONO

HERA ZEUS POSEIDON HADES HESTIA DEMÉTER

TITANS

TEMPLE ERECTEION

-Located: Acropolis in Athens- Acropolis came from the greek and means extreme of the city, it was the highest part of the city.-Were worshipped:Atenea,Poseidon and Erecteo.

POSEIDON AND ANFITRITE

Poseidon fell in love with Anfitrite that was a nereid ( daughter of the god Nereo) - Anfitrite didn't want him and she went to the bottom of the ocean. Some dolphins saw her and warned Poseidon . He ordered to transport Anfitrite. - At the end were married

CUPID

•-Is equivalent to Eros in Greek mythology.

-Cupid never grow

-He was always accompanied by a bow and arrows.

-Cupid had wings

THINGS ABOUT CUPIDTHINGS ABOUT CUPID

-Is the god of erotic desire

Venus,is the mother of Cupid, is the goddess of love, beauty and fertility.

Mars,is the father of Cupid and the god of war.

-Golden dove feathers makes that people who touch it fall in love

-Lead arrows with owl feathers makes that people who touch it were rejected

1) Venus took her son to the Oracle because it was not growing

2) the Oracle told him that love could not grow without passion

3)Venus not as understood until her other son Anteros was born the God of passion

4)Cupid only grew when he was at his side

5)When he was without him he returned to its previous state

HISTORY

-Apolo was the God of the prophecies.-Daphne was a nymph of the trees.

In one occasion when he angered the God of prophecy, Apolo, and shot his love interest - Dafne - a lead arrow to cause indifference to his love.