# Poseidon — Victory Odes character guide

> Poseidon in Victory Odes by Pindar.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** O Poseidon, Lord Poseidon

**First appearance:** 0001-victory-odes

## Who they are

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

## In the story

### [I For Hiero of Syracuse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/i)

Lord of the Trident, who loved Pelops and granted him a golden chariot and winged horses.

### [VI For Agesias of Syracuse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/vi)

Father of Evadne by Pitane, invoked as Sea-lord King for protection of Agesias' voyage.

### [VIII For Alkimedon of Aegina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/viii)

The Trident-wielder who travels to Aegina and the Isthmus.

### [XIII For Xenophon of Corinth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/xiii)

Isthmian Poseidon, whose portals are fixed in Corinth.

### [II For Hiero of Syracuse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/ii)

Invoked as the wide-ruling Trident-king for victory.

### [VI For Xenocrates of Akragas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/vi)

Addressed as 'Earth-shaker, Lord of the sea' in connection with chariot contests.

### [V For Pytheas of Aegina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/v)

Kinsman of the Nereids, consented to Thetis' marriage with Peleus.

### [The Isthmian Odes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/the-isthmian-odes)

God of the Isthmian Games, frequently invoked as the patron of the contests.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/i)

God of the swift steed, invoked as the king earth-shaking and neighbor.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/ii)

God who granted the Isthmian victory and the parsley crown to Xenokrates.

### [IV For Melissus of Thebes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/iv)

The Shaker of Earth, whose sanctuaries at Onchestus and Corinth are linked to the clan's renewed glory.

### [VIII For Kleandros of Aegina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/viii)

God of the sea; rival with Zeus for Thetis' hand, later yields to mortal marriage.

## Links

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