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Poseidon

Poseidon

Poseidon in Greek mythology. Brother of Zeus, Hades, etc. Homer said he was younger than Zeus, and hesiod and many later writers said he was older than Zeus. After the rule of Olympus, headed by Zeus, Zeus, Hades and him were divided into three parts, and he shared the jurisdiction over the sea. His palace is at the bottom of the sea (in Egai, on the north coast of the Peloponnesus). His weapon is a three-pronged fork, which can cut mountains and rocks and make waves.

There are many legends about him. For example, he was punished and served with Apollo for King Laomedon of Troy. Because Laomedon refused to pay, he sent a sea monster to the local area to do harm. He once competed with Athena for the sovereignty of Attica, and the spring water he chiseled (when he said that horses were sent) was not as popular as the olive tree of the goddess, so the goddess won; He resented Odysseus for stabbing his son, the one-eyed giant Polyphemus, which made Odysseus drift on the sea for a long time.

Poseidon is a very old god. His name has been mentioned in inscriptions more than 2 years BC, saying that he shook the earth and ruled it, so he may have been a god of the earth at that time. After he became a sea god, he still retained his nickname as a land god, and at the same time, as the master of the sea, he pushed out the original regional sea gods to a secondary position.

Aphrodite

Aphrodite

Ancient Greek mythological figures. She is the daughter of Zeus and Dione, the goddess of the ocean. She was born in the waves, so she was called Anadiomene (meaning out of the water).

was originally one of the goddess of harvest. After the formation of Olympus, it was regarded as the goddess of love, sexuality and beauty.

The earliest places to worship her are Cyprus, Kutra Island and Asia Minor. Later, her worship was introduced to Greece.

As a goddess of the sea, her sacrifice is dolphins;

As a goddess of harvest, her sacrifices are sparrows, pigeons and rabbits;

As the goddess of love, she has a magical treasure belt. When a woman in ancient Greece got married, she should give her the belt she knitted.

It is said that her priestess exchanged her flesh for money to serve her, which was related to the marriage system at that time.

In Olympus, she is regarded as the wife of hephaestus, but she has been in love with others many times: she had an affair with Ares, the god of war, and gave birth to five children; Have children with Hermes; He gave birth to Aeneas with the hero Encases. In Homer's time, she was often accompanied by the goddess of sequence, the goddess of graces and her son eros, the goddess of love. In Rome, she merged with Venus, the local goddess of fertile plants, as the goddess of harvest and love. Because she was the mother of Aeneas, she was regarded as the female ancestor of Emperor Julius.

Many of her early images were in their prime and radiant, and later they were often portrayed as naked women. The most famous is the Greek sculpture in the 2nd century BC, also known as Venus of Milos. The statue is a marble round sculpture, 2.4 meters high, carved by Alexandros. It was found in the cave of Milos Island in the Aegean Sea in 182 and is now in the Louvre Museum in France. The statue is noble and dignified, and its plump chest, round shoulders and flexible waist present a mature female beauty. The structure and dynamics of the human body are varied but subtle. Statues reflect abundant internal vitality and human spiritual wisdom. The works in style are close to those in the heyday of classicism in the 4th century BC, which were rare in the Hellenistic period. The statue's mutilated upper limbs constitute a unique beauty.