Talk:Poseidon/Archive 1

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Caution: This article is under constant attack. Please do not edit vandalized versions without assessing recent changes. Thank you. --Wetman 14:36, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Reference to son Atlas

It should be noted that this refers to the mortal Atlas and not Atlas the god (Titan) who holds up the heavens. Jayhayman (talk) 20:53, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes, someone who can verify and edit should do so. Poseidon is not the father of Atlas (as in carrying the Earth on his back) but rather the mortal man named Atlas who was supposedly the elder of the first set of twins with Cleito and later the King of Atlantis —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.170.249.126 (talk) 02:00, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

misc.

that "husband also the third translation of the ancient Greek name "Poseidon" ?

However, I would be very interested in how you got this meaning out of the gods´ name. thnx (anon.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.142.167.190 (talk •

New Person: Posis (the -is the functional inflection part) is ancient Greek for husband. Gaia is more commonly just gā in ancient Greek which must somehow then be related to Dā). Also "poseidon" is spelled "P-O-S-E-I-D-O-N" with one I according to my lexicons. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 140.180.150.91 (talk • contribs) .

I don't speak ancient Greek, but I was taught in a mythology class that "Poseidon" means "husband of Da/De", Da/De being another name for Gaea and the derivation of De-meter. -- Zoe

That isn't terribly likely, according to comparative linguistics. The most plausible theory is the one given in the text. ~~~~ 02:15, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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why is the claim of herodotus that, poseidon is a berber god from origin ,is delited ?Aziri 11:47, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Its a good claim, but if true, it wouldn't be easy to identify, as the name would likely have changed. Poseidon appears to be originally a descriptive title rather than his name as such, and much of Poseidon's original nature was lost by his conversion into a sea god, so it is difficult to extract the originals. Also, it isn't very clear why Berber gods would have been adopted into Greek mythology at such an early point. ~~~~ 02:15, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Didn't belong in the front-matter. Try putting it under ==Prehistory==. Bacchiad 22:03, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Anything Herodotus says about the origin of Poseidon is worth putting in the article. --Wetman 23:19, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

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Arion links to a poet, not a horse- Create a stub article for the horse. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.225.142.197 (talk • contribs) .

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Why is the Posiedon page not open for editing from new users? What if some college proffesor who MAJORS in this kind of stuff has just made an account and he finds a lot of incorrect information on the page? Is there anything that he can actually do? -Athos64

Neptune (mythology)

The "Neptune" link here is to the page for the planet; there seems to be no entry for the Roman god. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.122.198.80 (talk • contribs) .

An excellent idea! Neptune (mythology) now awaits. --Wetman 01:40, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

"Distribution mother"

Why is this unusual connection, so prominently displayed here and from here throughout the Web, offered without any source? Who is making this "distribution-mother" connection? Can we add something to a "References" section covering this? --Wetman 23:19, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Your Neptune (mythology) is waiting at the curb, sir! Here are the keys!--Wetman 01:51, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

disambiguation

since neptune redirects here, I included the Neptune disambiguation page at the top as well as the poseidon one.--Jackyd101 05:56, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I can't believe these two seperate gods are treated as one on this psychopedia. They have different origins as anyone passed high school can see. For example this merger actually hinders anyone to contribute information about the etymology of the name Neptune (often considered to be from Indo-European *nepōts "nephew") when the title up top says Poseidon (whose etymology and religious origins are quite different).

Plus, there's the simple logistics of this: Average people intending to click on Neptune get a big surprise when they keep on ending up in Poseidon. ??? I just don't understand why this merger was agreed upon and it will only lead to further confusion and misinformation about this subject.

The Interpretatio graeca is not a real construct. It was invented by early peoples to find greater meaning in foreign religions. Just because Neptune and Poseidon were associated together doesn't mean that they should be considered equivalent on Wikipedia. If we follow this perverted trend to its extreme, we may as well merge Ra with Apollo and start speaking about all ancient religions solely through the narrow perspective of the Ancient Greeks! --Glengordon01 03:22, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree, but of course, the way to solve this conundrum is to create a Neptune article. There isn't much about Neptune on this page, but I will start an article with what exists, and I hope you add what you know. Lesgles (talk) 01:30, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

His "sister" Demeter

I deleted this aspect of Olympian Poseidon, which is not relevant to this archaic fragment of myth, not any more than his later role as sea-god would have been here. I hope everyone understands that jumbling together all the aspects of a Greek god over a thousand-year career results in the pot-pourri presentation of a Thomas Bulfinch. --Wetman 11:20, 15 May 2006 (UTC) this aspect of greek history is totally relevenet and would have monumental influence to our prosterity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.11.58.205 (talk) 19:48, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Dividing up the universe

The article claims, quite confidently, that Posiedon recieved the sea, Hades the underworld, and Zeus both the sky and the earth. That last part isn't really very consistent with most roots of the myth. In Homeric myth (the Illiad in particular) it states that Posiedon recieved the sea, Hades the underworld, Zeus the sky, and Olympus and the Earth remained common, neutral ground for all the gods. Similarly in Homeric myth, Posiedon is not just attributed with the sea, but horses and earthquakes aswell (Poseidon being most commonly reffered to as "the earth shaker"), both of which are thoroughly landed. I'm not claiming that Poseidon was the god of the earth as opposed to Zeus, neccesarily (the different gods no doubt represented different things to different people at different times); just that it's ambiguos enough that it shouldn't be int he article. I'll leave this up here for debate for a while before i make any moves to change it 82.69.37.32 22:21, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Protection

Is there any way we can get this page protected from edits by anon users? The vandalism is getting a little out of control. --Maelnuneb (Talk) 16:26, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Category:Earth gods

I put Poseidon into this category as he is the god of earthquakes, and I meant that category (which I created) to cover such gods as well as earth gods like Geb. T@nn 15:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Etymology

"The name seems to rather transparently stem from Greek pósis "lord, husband" and Indo-European *don "flowing water". This has been inserted by an etymology fan who never offers a source. Has this etymology been published and defended anywhere? --Wetman 21:51, 31 July 2007 (UTC) But, posiedon may come from another wour you halfwit! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.189.4.166 (talk) 21:05, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

An "Illyrian" parallel?

Since Illyrian mythology is as lost as Illyrian languages, and even the names of "gods" are conjecture, and since this "Redo" is unsourced, I've moved the following here:

"A cave-dwelling Redo in Illyrian mythology is linked to Poseidon by Albanian writers. (Note:Redon, Rodon, Redo do not appear in any inscription.)--Wetman 00:28, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

poseiden the god of WATER

known as Neptune,Poseidon has had a movie aboiut water and some ship sinking about him!!!

Vandalism

The last 59 edits have produced these changes. A great deal of adult effort is constantly expended in keeping this article from collapsing under juvenile attack. Semi-protection might be a courteous "thank you" for their watchfulness (I am one among many.)--Wetman (talk) 22:49, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! I actually put this page up for semi-protection about a week and a half ago, but apparently, there "was not enough vandal activity to justify semi-protection at this time". Maybe if it is re-nominated, it will go through this time. Erik the Red 2 (Ave Caesar) 23:45, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Odd lifestyle choice

Kronos#In Greek mythology and early myths tells it.--Wetman (talk) 23:45, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

My memory is temporarily refreshed. But not the end of the story, I added the saving part to the article. Thanks. Saintrain (talk) 20:38, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

P.s. There seems to be a difference in the, ummm, interpretation of the coupling between Medusa and Poseidon (the difference between "courted" and "made love to" v "raped on the floor"). I expect my Hamilton's from high school was a little soft in such subjects, but there is the scent of revisionism in the ether. Do you have a better source?

In retelling myth "in our own words", it's best to soft-pedal "our own words" and trim close to the written sources.--Wetman (talk) 22:29, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Will someone Please delete the opening sentence saying "poop" it is very juvenile and should not be on here. Please.

Done. Thanks for noticing ;) BlackPearl14^{[talkies!•contribs!]} 04:40, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Extreme Romanisation of a Greek subject

Someone mistakenly decided to name all images of statues (except the one from Copenhagen) "Neptune".. I can see why when it comes to countries once under Roman rule or when the actual statue in fact is called by that name, but the statue in Gothenburg is named after the GREEK god, NOT Neptune. Please change it to POSEIDON and stop the auto-latinisation of Greek mythology!

Never mind - I did it myself.. didn´t know I was an "established user" myself LOL —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.195.52.10 (talk) 23:13, 15 December 2008 (UTC) Appledelphy (talk) 21:53, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I hate poseidon! He's a rapist

Poseida

Concerning the legends about Atlantis, there is an island called Poseida that is mentioned in the writings of Edgar Cayce, which would have supposedly been a remnant island before the destruction of the ancient civilization. It would be interesting if any etymological relationship could be found between Poseida and Poseidon, given that the words are constructed in a very similar way. ADM (talk) 17:08, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Cayce's invention is transparent to the rest of us. No reason to note it here anymore than "Poseidon's Fish & Chips" etc.--Wetman (talk) 18:37, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Sinis

As far as I know, Sinis (or Siris) was son of Polypemon and Sylea. It was Polypemon, not Sinis to be son of Poseidon. Can you check it, please?--Dejudicibus (talk) 15:29, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Monster attacking Troy

It says here that the monster Poseidon sent to attack Troy was killed by Perseus. In all versions of the myth it was in fact Herakles (Hercules) who slew it, and was cheated out of his prize. This led to Hercules and the sons of Aeacus to sack Troy. (The first sack, before the Trojan War) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2fletch (talk • contribs) 23:35, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Poseidaon

Poseidon, Poseidaon, Poseideon, Potidan, Posidan, Potedan, Poseidan in Ancient Greek dialects... Böri (talk) 15:52, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Bronze age Greece

According to Beekes:Greek Etymological Dictionary.(entry 6541) Demeter does not appear in the Mycenean tablets and there is not evidence that Da means earth.This interpretetion was proposed by German scholars (Kretschmer,Scachermeyer) and it is more or less connected with the Arcadian cult of Demeter and Persephone.There is not any other epithet of Poseidon in the Mycenean tablets except of E-NE-SI-DA-O-NE.If there is any relied reference it must be mentioned in the text.94.65.196.214 (talk) 09:22, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 94.65.196.214, 14 September 2010

{{edit semi-protected}} Etymology.Imrovement of the section.References94.65.196.214 (talk) 11:24, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

94.65.196.214 (talk) 11:24, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. --Stickee (talk) 12:16, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Semiral, 14 September 2010

{{edit semi-protected}} Etymology.Additional references.Improvement

Semiral (talk) 11:43, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. --Stickee (talk) 12:16, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

See relevant article Demeter where are mentioned the necessary references.94.65.248.194 (talk) 13:18, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 94.65.196.201, 22 September 2010

{{edit semi-protected}} Please change the existing etymology to the following: —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.65.246.35 (talk) 13:14, 22 September 2010 (UTC) ==Etymology== The name appears also in the forms "Poteidawn","PoteidaFwn",Doric:"Poteidas",aeolic "Poteidan",Mycenean "Po-se-da-o".The assimilated forms must be derived from Posi (besides older Potei),god of the waters (rivers,spring,sea)..Potei-dan" can be derived from posi (in greek:drink) and Dan,the boeotic form of Zeus e.g "Zeus of the waters" but the name is not clearly interpreted..It is more possible that the first part of the name is derived from the PIE root pota meaning ruler (Gk.posis,Sanskr.patih), Mycenean,(fem) po-ti-ni-ja Some scholars assert that the da element existing also in the name of the goddess Demeter is the doric form of ge (earth),therefore Potei-das is the lord,master of the earth ("das" genetive of "da") but this is debated.Another possibility is that the second part of the name is derived from daFwn, a word meaning water in some Indoeuropean languages (Sanskr.df'nu),therefore PoteidaFwn is the master of the waters..

Not done: The current section is only a few weeks old. Is there any way to build on that rather than replacing it? Thanks, Celestra (talk) 15:41, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

94.65.196.201 (talk) 11:24, 22 September 2010 (UTC) 94.65.196.201 (talk) 11:24, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 188.4.16.228, 25 September 2010

{{edit semi-protected}} It is possible to make some additions in the existing text.The additional text is shown in Italic text.

The name was transmitted from the Mycenean Greece.In Linear B tablets we have the forms Po-se-da-o (Poseidawn) or Po-se-da-wo-ne (PoseidaFonos)which changed to Homeric "Posidawn",boeotic "Poteidawn",doric "Poteidan" and "Poteidas"..The assimilated forms for Poseidon...................... pontos (sea).Another possibility is that Potei-das is the lord,master of Da .................... explanation.The second part of the name can also be found in daFon (δαFον),water in some IE languages (Sanskr. df'nu:dew),therefore Posei-daFwn is the master of waters,but it's not a worked-out assertion.A common epithet........

188.4.16.228 (talk) 15:07, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

188.4.16.228 (talk) 15:07, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Not done: Please Be more clear. Ronk01 talk 03:57, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

I think I see what he is requesting. I will merge it in. Celestra (talk) 22:34, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

I added that content and cleaned up the spacing in the section. The section still reads like original research due to the hesitant tone: overuse of "possible" and repeated disclaimers such as "but it's not a worked-out assertion". Perhaps you can suggest how to correct that. Celestra (talk) 22:50, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 188.4.16.228, 27 September 2010

{{edit semi-protected}} Please make some additions to the existing text.The new text is in Italic.The text in brackets must be deleted. Tne name was transmitted..........................................The assimilated forms for Poseidon are generalized...........................god of the waters (rivers,[sources],springs,[of the] sea) [and it].It is propably derived from the PIE root [potis] pota (greek:posis "ruler,lord,husband") and daFon (δαFον),water in some ΙΕ languages (Sanskrit df'nu "dew") . but the name is not clearly interpreted.Another possibility is that Potei-das [derives from] is the "Lord,sponse of Da" i.e the earth ( da doric form of ge with unknown origin , [like] found also in Demeter -doric Damater-) and ..............propably an explanation.[The second part of the word............worked out assertion]

NOTE:There is not any certain etymology of the name.Most sources say Possibly,propably,but.Most German scholars assert that da means earth, but Beekes,Chadwick,etc do not accept it.(See article Demeter) 188.4.16.228 (talk) 19:16, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

A typical NPOV way to handle that, with a less hesitant tone, would be:

The etymology of Poseidon is not agreed upon. Most German scholars assert that da means earth (with references supporting 'Most German scholars assert this') and so (whatever follows from that without weasle words). A different view is expressed by Beekes and Chadwick, who assert that (express their view).

I'm assuming, of course, that the view expressed by Beekes and Chadwick is a widely held view, but somewhat less popular than the view of 'most German scholars'. If their view is unique or fringe, we shouldn't include it here at all.

I can only make out some of what you are asking for this time. Please express your request in a series of 'please change X to Y' style fragments rather than this italics and square brackets scheme. Some of what I can make out undoes some of the cleanup I did with your previous request. Those changes were to combine some sentence fragments and to improve the English. If my change somehow changed the meaning, just tell me and we can find a better way to express it. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 22:34, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 79.103.25.225, 26 November 2010

{{edit semi-protected}} Etymology:The following test can be added at the end of the existing text: Besides the uncertain etymologies,it seems that "Demeter" took the place of the Minoan Great Goddess and "Poseidon" substituted the male god who accompanied her (greek:paredros) and he is identified in the Arcadian cult of Demeter and Persephone.--79.103.25.225 (talk) 21:17, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

79.103.25.225 (talk) 21:17, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Since I don't have access to that book, nor do I read what I assume is German, I'm going to ask WP:Wikiproject Mythology to take a look at this request. Sorry for the delay. Qwyrxian (talk) 14:31, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Actually, that Wikiproject doesn't appear to be accurate, so I'm going to try WP:Wikiproject Greece. Qwyrxian (talk) 14:34, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

While the reference may be useful if it could be checked, it couldn't be used to support that statement, since the statement itself violates WP:NPOV. We might be able to say that Nillson suggests this, however. RJC ^Talk_Contribs 15:05, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Not done for now: Given the input, I'm going to mark this as "not for now" until such time as we can see the reference or get someone else who has seen it here; I also concur with RJC, in that we would need to attribute the opinion to Nillson only. Qwyrxian (talk) 01:10, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

god of storms

I removed Poseidon being the god of storms. While Poseidon did create storms, he wasn't consider the god of storms. Zeus did storms too and Poseidon only made storms at sea. The source cited also does not call him a gods of storms but does of the other three. LittleJerry (talk) 01:44, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

"The dangerous power of the sea god, the devastating storm, is always to be reckoned with by seafarer and fisherman," says Burkert in Greek Religion, the source mentioned (p. 137). Burkert also doesn't say that Zeus is the storm god, but "a rain and storm god," and says that his primary characteristic is that he was "the strongest of the gods" and "king" (pp. 126–27). Thetis is called "the sea goddess" (p. 127), but this does not mean that Poseidon cannot be associated with the sea. Again, there was no the god of storms, anymore than Athena was the goddess of wisdom (shared with Apollo). Zeus is also occasionally sacrificed to as a chthonic god, the god of death, and one prays to him and to Demeter when one scatters seed (pp. 200–1). Greek religion was not as neat as you seem to be attempting to make it out to be. Homer and Hesiod brought sense to a variety of conflicting tales, rituals, iconographies, and local traditions, according to Burkert, but the end result was not simply coherent (pp. 119–25). Both Poseidon and Zeus can be associated with storms. The source associates Poseidon with storms, the storm and earthquake being Poseidon's major weapons, so it is proper for the article to note this. RJC ^Talk_Contribs 04:05, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

His storm qualities are the product of him being the sea god, so labeling him a god of "storms" is redundant. This will be my last revert. LittleJerry (talk) 02:16, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Poseidon is DEFINITELY the God of storms Dragonlover21 (talk) 19:12, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Needs to be longer

C'mon, Poseidon is a very important figure. This article is puny. It doesn't even include his attempt to overthrow Zeus. It should be expanded. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.119.216.178 (talk) 06:12, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Was?

Did he ever die in mythology? This should be changed to is. Last time I checked gods are immortal. TrevorLSciAct (talk) 02:12, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Last time I checked, Poseidon was nothing but a fairy tale. I think we can speak of the gods of dead religions in the past tense, no? RJC ^Talk_Contribs 04:56, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

• laughs* Does it really matter, you guys?

Dragonlover21 (talk) 19:40, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Edit request from 72.160.156.46, 17 April 2011

72.160.156.46 (talk) 00:56, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 72.160.156.46, 17 April 2011

May I please edit Pegasus and Chrysaor as children of Poseidon? I promise I will put it back on semi-protection.

72.160.156.46 (talk) 01:01, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Source missing

The article says: "They agreed that each would give the Athenians one gift and the Athenians would choose whichever gift they preferred. Poseidon struck the ground with his trident and a spring sprang up; the water was salty and not very useful,[18] whereas Athena offered them an olive tree."

What's the source for this? [18] doesn't point to anything.

ICE77 (talk) 06:06, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 92.98.39.248, 18 September 2011

Poseidon (born Eugene Poseidon Theodore Fiskmore III, October 8, 843 B.C. in the Marianas Trench) is the god of the sea, as well as horses, earthquakes, sporks, bubbles, and he is also King of Atlantis. He figured as Rodon in Illyrian mythology, Nethuns in Etruscan mythology, Neptune in Roman mythology, Aquaman in Comic mythology, and King Triton in The Little Mermaid.

92.98.39.248 (talk) 09:33, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

 Not done Please don't make edit requests like this with deliberately fictitious information in the future because it just wastes people's time. Anything sensible which you said in your above comment has already been included in the article. Birth dates and places for Gods have evidently not, and will not. Jay _{Σεβαστός}^discuss 09:57, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

No mention of Poseidon in Plato's Critias

This article makes no mention of Poseidon's role in the Critias tale of Atlantis, where he is husband of the autochtonous Cleito and father of ten children! I think this information is worth appearing in this article. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.27.223.52 (talk) 11:00, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 13 March 2012

it has appeared to me that for the Poseidon page there is some missing details i would like to add.

Perseus 7777 (talk) 21:22, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. Could you please outline the details you think are missing? You should justify their inclusion with reference to reliable scholarly sources, per policy. Alternatively, you can make 10 or more constructive edits to unprotected articles over the next four days; then you'll be WP:autoconfirmed and allowed to edit this article yourself. Haploidavey (talk) 22:01, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Year numbering

• Version 1
• Version 2

Near as I can tell, the more recent Version 2 is an attempt to standardize the year numbering in this article. Version 1 has mixed use of the CE/BCE and AD/BC schemes. It would seem Version 2 is more in compliance with WP:ERA, which states, "Use either the BC-AD or the BCE-CE notation, but be consistent within the same article." If there is some argument for keeping Version 1 around, please present it. Equazcion ^(talk) 00:18, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

We would need to adopt one system or the other, while there is not consensus across the project for how to resolve that question. WP:ERA provides guidance for writing an article from scratch, but its exhortation to "choose one" doesn't help when the question is which to choose. Best to let sleeping dogs lie, not to pursue an edit against consensus. I'm sure we'd have the same problem if we standardized to BCE/CE as we have now with one user's push toward BC/AD. RJC ^Talk_Contribs 04:45, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

The style manual doesn't specify applying only to new articles. It does specify that one style should be standard within any particular article. Someone has made an edit that brings the article in line with the MOS. If you disagree with the particular way he's done so, propose a change to the other acceptable format; I see no reason to revert to the mixed use that goes against the MOS just because no discussion has taken place yet regarding which to use here. Equazcion ^(talk) 04:51, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

I've reverted to the most recent single-era version; it seems more consistent with policy (such as it is). Haploidavey (talk) 08:21, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

There is no need for this discussion in the first place; the article had used BC/AD exclusively forever until User:Wetman breached WP:ERA by introducing BCE into the article, creating a mess of mixed formats. I corrected the issue and explained this when I did it. (WP Editor 2011 (talk) 10:32, 9 May 2012 (UTC))

The need for discussion arose when the first set of reverts occurred. I see you went to RJC's talk page to explain, but it's better to use the article talk page for content disputes, to make sure everyone watching the article can see and weigh in on the issue. Equazcion ^(talk) 11:37, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

That would have legitimised User:RJC's actions, which he didn't even explain with proper reasons. I was correcting a breach of the rules, not suggesting a new idea for the article. (WP Editor 2011 (talk) 12:31, 9 May 2012 (UTC))

So, your reason for not having a discussion is that would have legitimated the need for a discussion? RJC ^Talk_Contribs 13:51, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Don't, RJC. WPE2011 could've begun a discussion here as the best option, but that was also your best option. What's your excuse? At least he offered a perfectly reasonable explanation on your talk page -- and you added insult to injury by sticking to your misconception about his edits and dismissing him outright with no coherent response. To WPE, the talk page is for settling disputes about the correct way to apply policy to an article; when multiple reverts happen, the talk page is the next step, whether you feel you're correcting something, or presenting a new idea, or doing anything else that has spawned disagreement. Either way this is now settled, let's move on. Equazcion ^(talk) 15:08, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

I think we have different conceptions of what constitutes a "perfectly reasonable explanation." The idea that Wetman's 2007 addition was a deliberate policy violation that was then defended vigorously, Wetman having claimed ownership of the article, is just false. That WP Editor 2011 was simply applying policy five years after the fact rather than pushing an AD/BC vs. CE/BCE perspective also seems dubious. My "excuse" for restricting myself to edit summaries is that my reasons did not extend past a sentence. One does not add insult to injury by calling a spade a spade. And while we all love to play the peacemaker, that love can make us treat both sides in a dispute as though they were equally childish, a treatment born of our desire to play the peacemaker more than taking the time to see what is in fact going on. RJC ^Talk_Contribs 17:40, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

When the issue was introduced into the article is inconsequential. There's no statute of limitations. WPE saw a problem now and corrected it. There's no reason to assume he had some ulterior motive, and he never asserted that Wetman's violation was deliberate. Having only a short explanation for your actions is not an excuse to engage in a revert war instead of moving things to the talk page. If you have short explanations, post them, minus the reverts, until the issue is settled. Equazcion ^(talk) 17:49, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

I was one of three people who reverted the changes, yet you speak as though this were a two-person dispute. Have you looked at the article history? Have you read what WPE wrote on my talk page?

"Ever since User:Wetman broke the rules in Dec 2007 by taking it upon himself to change the whole article Poseidon from BC to BCE, multiple editors have noticed the problem and tried to correct it, but he keeps changing it back. He was even doing this in the article as recently as last year here, where he didn't even write an edit summary even though he wasn't reverting vandalism. Is that recent enough for you? The problem has only lasted this long because the editor who originally broke the rule has hijacked the article, treating it as his own and preventing other people from correcting it."

Wetman added information and used the BCE system; "changed the whole article" is a bit much, since the problem apparently is that he left the preexisting BC information as it was. "Hijacking" and "ownership" are certainly not how I would have described things. Don't lecture me about AGF (or the appropriate use of Twinkle) just because you want to play the elder statesman. RJC ^Talk_Contribs 19:19, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Hijacking and ownership don't denote deliberate policy violations. One could characterize your actions the same way here, though I wouldn't say you were knowingly violating policy. As for "playing the peacekeeper", call it what you like, but it worked. You're welcome. Equazcion ^(talk) 20:08, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Poseidon still worshipped (Presov photo)

It is true and should be also noted that Poseidon is still worshiped somewhere to this day, like in Presov. I am Presov-native and yes, we still worship Poseidon there and still throw great celebration every year, to honor the Poseidon, god of the seas, earthquakes and horses. In fact people of Presov are known as "Konare" in native tongue, means something like 'Horse-people' -PresovNative — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.245.5.110 (talk) 15:02, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Someone's deleted part of this article

Under 'Consorts and children', there is mention of an expandable list of his multiple consorts and children, yet there is no such list, despite the appropriate heading for it beneath the paragraph. 108.200.39.20 (talk) 00:59, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

It was under markup that made it hidden. Now I'm trying to replace that with markup which will create a show/hide button, but I can't seem to make that work. RyGT (talk) 00:08, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Medusa

The article says:

"Not all of Poseidon's children were human ... Poseidon also had sexual intercourse with Medusa on the floor of a temple to Athena.[27]

Medusa was then changed into a monster by Athena."

The way this is phrased suggests that she was a monster when Poseidon had her, but she was actually a human, as the next paragraph confirms. I suggest moving the paragraph break.

Skdin (talk) 11:35, 28 May 2013 (UTC)joseph is awesome

Semi-protected edit request on 18 December 2013

Please change: Atlas in the "Children" section, to: Atlas. This is because Poseidon was by no means the father of Atlas (mythology), but he was in fact the father of Atlas (first king of Atlantis), and these are by no means the same person.

Thanks

Danyc0 (talk) 05:24, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

 Done Mlpearc (open channel) 01:25, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

Aon

Came here from Wikiproject Orphanage. Aon has been orphaned since 2009, so I linked to that page from here, which seemed to me the best way to direct to a page about a son of Poseidon. PaintedCarpet (talk) 19:21, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

athens battle request

please add how he lost the the battle. posiedon and athena had a battle. for athens. athena gave the olive tree which greeks consider to be holy, but all posiedon could give was a useless salwater spring. the city was named after athena, which as you can tell, sounds like athena. please heavily consider my request. thanks! :) BBob24 (talk) 18:08, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Not done: as you have not requested a specific change.
If you want to suggest a change, please request this in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ".
Please also cite reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to any article. - Arjayay (talk) 18:35, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Neptune is the God of seas

The mythology is mixed up, Neptune is the god of seas, Poseidon is probably Sea Strom God --Neuctoxic (talk) 20:41, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Not done: There is no mix up. Poseidon is a Greek god, whilst Neptune is the Roman god equivalent. - Danyc0 (talk) 00:41, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 September 2014

Taras is the son of Poseidon. The mother is unknown Taraspolakoff (talk) 01:31, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Cannolis (talk) 04:20, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Patron City

I'm trying to do a report on Poseidon, but I can't find anything about what city he is patron to! Does anyone know? This sort of thing should be under mythology. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Book Jumper (talk • contribs) 16:55, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

• • @Book Jumper: I believe that would be Troy, at least given that he was forced to build the walls after flooding Athens. Also, he punished Odysseus for destroying Troy, which furthers this conclusion. Helmut von Moltke (talk) 18:45, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

present tense

Although mentioned below, we should return to the question of using present tense in the lead paragraph, and perhaps the article itself. Is it proper to say that Poseidon "is" one of the twelve Olympian deities, or his domain "is" the ocean? This makes it sound like Poseidon "is" a real person (pun intended) whom people still worship. Poseidon "was" one of the twelve Olympian deities sounds better, in my opinion. I won't change it yet but offer the question anyway.Catherinejarvis (talk) 19:39, 7 January 2016 (UTC) Now that I read through the article, past tense is commonly used. so I will change the lead paragraph to match it.Catherinejarvis (talk) 19:41, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 April 2016

in the Etymology section the common epithet needs an aspiration sign (spiritus lenis, smooth breathing) before/over the Epsilon → → Ἐνοσίχθων

Pyprilescu (talk) 07:08, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

 Done.  Stick to sources! Paine  08:43, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Because I can't do it myself

Can someone add the category Sea and River Gods to this page? Solar Flute (talk)

Poseidon in popular culture section? Once Upon a Time and Percy Jackson (while I love them both) seem at odds with the "Literature and Art" category that also holds things like The Iliad. Can't do it myself because it's a conflict of interest. I write a series that he's included in — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaitlinbevis (talk • contribs) 16:34, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 November 2016

Hi! Please add the following categories on this page:

[[Category:LGBT themes in mythology‎]] and [[Category:Pederastic heroes and deities‎]]

Thank you! FábioEscorpião (talk) 15:38, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. --‖ Ebyabe ^talk - Border Town ‖ 20:35, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 February 2017Code Issues 5 Pull requests 0 Pulse build-disconnect.py #!/usr/bin/env python # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distribu

2605:E000:FEC3:4600:884D:64AC:38C:CF19 (talk) 03:32, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. DRAGON BOOSTER ★ 06:28, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 July 2017

Please update this page with the Vedic Equivalent as Varuna 142.245.193.9 (talk) 23:03, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 23:58, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Caligula

Shouldn't it be mentioned about Caligula going to war with Poseidon during his reign over Rome? 86.15.144.198 (talk) 14:42, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Doesn't Caligula mean booties in Latin? Dragonlover21 (talk) 19:44, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Not you replying to all the sections here after 10 years 💀 — Preceding unsigned comment added by RSSP-2020 (talk • contribs) 06:08, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

What he represents

I am Greek and from what I've been taught Poseidon isn't the god of the seas. When the three brothers Zeus Poseidon and Hades had to chose what each one gets Zeus got the skies Hades the underworld and Poseidon the earth including seas and land, that's why he causes earthquakes he isn't limited to the seas but that is what he is broadly known for — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.1.91.195 (talk) 11:15, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Interesting. Dragonlover21 (talk) 19:46, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Atlas, son of Poseidon

There is Atlas, the son of Titan Iapetus and Atlas, the mortal son of Poseidon and Kleite. They are two different beings. The link in the list of children links to the wrong Atlas. There is another link in the "Consorts and children" section that links to the appropriate page (which is currently blank): http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atlas_(son_of_Poseidon)

I do not have the editing abilities to fix this. Could someone with the ability please update the link accordingly?

Source: http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/PoseidonFamily.html

Thanks!

PixelOrange

edited may 11 2015

Poseidon is god of sky — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.89.216.3 (talk) 21:20, 11 May 2016 (UTC) No, he isn't. Source? -FlyingToastedWheat (talk) 22:29, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU THINK POSEIDON IS THE GOD OF THE SKY?!?! Dragonlover21 (talk) 20:22, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Codrus

Can someone more technologically savvy than me add Codrus to the list of offspring?--Mr. 123453334 (talk) 00:10, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Page and TP cleanup and archive

Please review or tag the article page for a cleanup to British English, since that seems to be the most used style on this inconsistent page. Also please archive the discussion, as the talk page takes a while to scroll on mobile and users are replying to decade-old comments. --IronMaidenRocks (talk) 14:19, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Poseidon is still worshipped today

Please remove ‘still’ because it implies a continuous thread of worship into the past whereas in reality current worship is without exception revivalist in nature. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.61.180.106 (talk) 05:28, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Military Section

What are the functions of the military weapons named after Poseidon?

Buzzancam1 (talk) 02:12, 7 February 2022 (UTC)buzzancam1

Semi-protected edit request on 21 May 2022

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poseidon has seven kids every day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.123.82.180 (talk) 19:53, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

English

What's posiedon Roman name 2C0F:ED28:104C:C010:E8CA:A84E:63A4:5069 (talk) 14:41, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Neptune C0137H (talk) 15:07, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Medusa

Some suggest that he had sex with or raped Medusa. I believe this is a very noteworthy piece of information and should be in the article. 47.16.242.188 (talk) 19:25, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Try actually reading this article. This information is already included in the section "Consort, lovers, victims and children":

• • "Poseidon also raped Medusa on the floor of a temple to Athena. Medusa was then changed into a monster by Athena. When Medusa was later beheaded by the hero Perseus, Chrysaor and Pegasus emerged from her neck." Dimadick (talk) 10:31, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Two tables of offspring

@Caeciliusinhorto-public: the two tables were my choice and I remain uncertain about them; this is to explain, not defend. I found tables like this very hard to take in until I worked out that we weren't meant to read right across them, and they were awful to edit. I feared a single two-column table would be so tall it would be overwhelming and seem of great importance, then found that two tables would be displayed side-by-side on many desktop widths, though sadly that doesn't work on mobiles. I steadily replaced the old tables at Ares, Zeus, Hermes, Dionysus, Apollo, Hephaestus, Demeter and maybe more, attracting little comment, but after more than a year I'm still not really happy with using twin tables. It stops them being sortable as one, or collapsible or collapsed together. Should we merge them all? NebY (talk) 14:20, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

This is something I've been wondering as well. I've been considering what to do with the tables at Zeus for a while now. – Michael Aurel (talk) 14:25, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, I understand what you mean about big tables being dreadful to edit. I suppose the other alternative would be to significantly trim back or remove the tables entirely, and rely on e.g. Category:Children of Poseidon and Category:Women of Poseidon for navigation. I don't know how useful this list is to readers – the important offspring and lovers are already mentioned in the text, and simply listing that e.g. Byzenus is a child of Poseidon and an unknown mother doesn't seem very helpful to me. Caeciliusinhorto-public (talk) 14:35, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Or, if say "children of Poseidon" is a notable group, we could have stand-alone lists for this sort of thing. Caeciliusinhorto-public (talk) 14:36, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

I think, sortability alone makes one table better than two "twin tables". As for being "overwhelming", having the table be collapsible (and collapsed by default) would certainly help. But can you collapse a table? I wasn't aware you could, but if we can we should. Otherwise moving the table to its own article could work. Paul August ☎ 15:00, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

You can, I made the tables at Zeus collapsible (mostly because I wanted to be able to stop looking at them all the time...). – Michael Aurel (talk) 15:09, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

That's good to know. I would suggest that you consider adding prose introductions, and collapsing the tables by default. Paul August ☎ 15:31, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Yes, collapsing them by default is definitely a good idea. I'm glad you've suggested having prose introductions, I had been thinking that potentially splitting them into multiple tables (by sources), with prose in between, would work well. – Michael Aurel (talk) 15:39, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Indeed, beginning with them collapsed is straightforward and less overhead than a separate list article, but can carry more information. For me, it's also a better balance; there's so much more to Greek religion. Rather than having multiple tables for different ancient sources, would an extra column, also sortable, of ancient source or even earliest ancient source, work? I've hesitated to suggest it before because it would take up even more space but defaulting to collapsed solves that.

I've set the table to collapsed as a demo - permalink. Revert if that's too hasty! NebY (talk) 16:18, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Definitely better. As above I would suggest a prose introduction be added to the section. Paul August ☎ 17:26, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Good! Michael, would you care to add an intro? NebY (talk) 18:04, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

The introduction could be as short "The following table lists ...". Also the current placement of the table in the section called "Rape and assault victims" is inappropriate. Paul August ☎ 19:58, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

I've created a subsection and I think improved the rendering of the collapsed table. Just now I can't come up with any "The following table lists ..." intro that's not otiose; maybe the subsection title and table header are enough.

By the way, the family tree below could also be defaulted to "hidden" - ie collapsed to one line - if so desired. NebY (talk) 20:31, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

That's better, and sure collapse the chart as well. Paul August ☎ 20:47, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Done. These are pretty quick and straightforward changes (subsection, join tables, collapse table and chart); are we all happy with them and happy to implement them in similar articles? NebY (talk) 22:39, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

I've just seen this, and yes, I think all of these changes are improvements, and that we would benefit from having them elsewhere. Thanks to you both. – Michael Aurel (talk) 23:15, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I also think that these changes are all improvements, and should probably be made elsewhere. But, I want to emphasize that such table-or-chart-only sections really should have some (at least minimal) introduction, especially when they are collapsed by default. Paul August ☎ 15:03, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Can you suggest anything, maybe that would sit under a better section header (we need a section header to keep it out of the "Rape and assault victims" section)?

BTW, while figuring out how to keep the long list of initial letters out of the Zeus table of contents (was like this) I looked at the {{TOC limit}} template that's still used in Apollo and elsewhere to restict the depth of menus. It turns out that it doesn't work with Wikipedia's new Vector 2022 skin, now the default for readers and editors too - they'll have an unlimited menu. NebY (talk) 15:25, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

What really needs to be done, I think, is a reorganization, which (among other things) moves the content about offspring from the section "Consort, lovers, victims and children" (with an appropriate rename of that section, and by the way "victims" is inappropriate) to a section titled say "Offspring" which also includes the table. Paul August ☎ 15:53, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

That's quite a re-organisation. It would be regrettable if I/we couldn't proceed with collapsing tables until a major re-organisation was done. There's no prospect of me doing that and I don't get the impression you're up for it either.

Do you have a better word than "victims"? Neither "lovers" nor "affairs" would do. "Consort, lovers, rapes and children"? NebY (talk) 16:05, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

No, no, it's ok with me to leave things just as they are. As I've said what you've done is definitely an improvement. But the reorg I'm thinking of probably wouldn't be very hard, and I am "up for it" just not right now. If nothing else, it will probably end up being added to the very long list of others things I'm up for—just not right now ;-)

As for "victims", off the top of my head, and without the reorg we've been considering, what about just "Relationships"??

Paul August ☎ 17:59, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Ah good, I'll press on at the handful of other articles, though not all at once in case other issues arise.

In another case, a one-word header "Relationships" might work very well. But though most rapes do happen within relationships, neither premeditated nor opportunistic assaults such as those on Tyro, Demeter, Medusa, Caenis, Asteria and others constitute relationships with them, abusive or otherwise, and I fear many readers wouldn't know or at least bring to mind the old euphemism "to have relationships with". What else? I suppose we could try "Sexual activities", then wait to see what it was replaced with. :) NebY (talk) 19:22, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Yes well, as for Medusa, it is not clear that Ovid has Medsua being raped! See what we say about that at Medusa#Mythology (fixing that is one of the things on up for—just not right now list. Paul August ☎ 01:51, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I should have said "such as those described here on". My reading of Ovid is capricious not comprehensive, my memory likewise, but that surprised me. Overall, however, I have an impression of a qualitative difference in ancient accounts of Poseidon and say, Zeus, who in even in the Rape of Europa is presented more as a seducer or otherwise in some degree welcome; perhaps the violence of the sea never is. NebY (talk) 17:44, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

I agree. I was hinting at this when I put forward the idea of having multiple tables with sections of text in between. I think there are certain children which deserve mentioning in prose, and others which should probably be relegated to a row in a table, and that having such a section would resolve that issue. – Michael Aurel (talk) 22:31, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Citations for Linear B (Mycenean Greek) inscriptions

All of the Citations for the main bulk of this section are from the 1920's or earlier. I'm pretty sure all the newer research is much, much less speculative (at least I can't find any newer academic sources that have any similar claims, and the only places where I can find these claims seem to be copied from some version of this page). The only newer citation (that actually concerns Poseidon), from 1966, proves my point, standing next to an older citation that makes far more sweeping claims about the same topic. (I'll note that that citation also does not seem to give the correct title of the book and should also be fixed). Therefore I would suggest either finding newer sources for this section or at least acknowledge that the contents of the section are based on old research and isn't echoed by the current research.

I should also add that the main source for this section isn't even concerned with Poseidon, but with Potnia. The discussion of Poseidon is only there to construct a (in my opinion very speculative) connection to equally old reconstructions of the Minoan religion, and the claim that Wanax is a chthonic entity is entirely based on the better established fact that Poseidon was worshiped as a chthonic god, which appears the other way around in the article.

I should also mention that the linked source does not have all the pages available for free, but the book is available to borrow on the Internet Archive (I don't know whether we can use those as sources, but if so that would be a better source to link to here than google books).

Side note - the claim that Wa-na-ka appears connected to Poseidon isn't sourced, and at least on the tablets I can't find them together (though it might appear as an inscription with depictions of him, but at least there should be a source for that - that's kinda what made me look into this section) QueenShelia (talk) 11:42, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Okay, my mistake, I got the birth year of the author and the publication date confused (would also not make sense, Linear B wasn't deciphered in the 20s). Nevertheless, I would argue that changing the language here would be good, since the section does almost entirely rely on a single author. I would suggest making it more similar to how the Cretan Bull article does this (might make a more specific proposal later). QueenShelia (talk) 17:48, 25 September 2023 (UTC)