Victory Odes · Character

Poseidon

God of the sea and horses, patron of Isthmian Games.

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Also known as O Poseidon, Lord Poseidon

First appearance: victory odes

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In I For Hiero of Syracuse: Lord of the Trident, who loved Pelops and granted him a golden chariot and winged horses. Later, in VI For Agesias of Syracuse: Father of Evadne by Pitane, invoked as Sea-lord King for…

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Victors, patrons, and mythological figures
Heracles and his family
Mythological heroes and deities
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I For Hiero of Syracuse
Lord of the Trident, who loved Pelops and granted him a golden chariot and winged horses.
VI For Agesias of Syracuse
Father of Evadne by Pitane, invoked as Sea-lord King for protection of Agesias' voyage.
VIII For Alkimedon of Aegina
The Trident-wielder who travels to Aegina and the Isthmus.
XIII For Xenophon of Corinth
Isthmian Poseidon, whose portals are fixed in Corinth.
II For Hiero of Syracuse
Invoked as the wide-ruling Trident-king for victory.
VI For Xenocrates of Akragas
Addressed as 'Earth-shaker, Lord of the sea' in connection with chariot contests.
V For Pytheas of Aegina
Kinsman of the Nereids, consented to Thetis' marriage with Peleus.
The Isthmian Odes
God of the Isthmian Games, frequently invoked as the patron of the contests.
I
God of the swift steed, invoked as the king earth-shaking and neighbor.
II
God who granted the Isthmian victory and the parsley crown to Xenokrates.
IV For Melissus of Thebes
The Shaker of Earth, whose sanctuaries at Onchestus and Corinth are linked to the clan's renewed glory.
VIII For Kleandros of Aegina
God of the sea; rival with Zeus for Thetis' hand, later yields to mortal marriage.

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