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The family as a list · 297
Kinship in an account 235
- child of (child) Cronus ruler of the Titans in Greek mythology
- child of (child) Rhea female Titan in Greek mythology, mother of Zeus and mother of Hera
- parent of (child) Abas mythical character, son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Abderus son of Hermes in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Acessamenus ancient Greek mythological king
- parent of (child) Achaeus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Actor son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Aeolus son of Arne and Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Aeolus god of winds, son of Hippotes in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Aethusa lover of Apollon in Greek mythology, mother of Eleuther
- parent of (child) Agelus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Agenor mythical Phoenician king, father of Cadmus
- parent of (child) Alcippe daughter of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Alebion son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Almops son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Aloeus Greek mythical character, son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Althepus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Ampheres son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Amphimarus son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Amycus in Greek mythology, the king of the Bebryces, a mythical people in Bithynia
- parent of (father) Amyrus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Anathamus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Ancaeus character from Greek mythology, son of Zeus or Poseidon
- parent of (child) Antaeus giant in Greek and Amazigh (Berber) mythology
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- parent of (child) Anthas son of Poseidon and Alcyone in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Anthes mythical son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Aon son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Arion mythical horse
- parent of (child) Arpiátes son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Asopus river god of Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Aspledon mythical son of Poseidon and Mideia
- parent of (child) Astacus son of Poseidon and the nymph Olbia
- parent of (child) Athos son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Atlas king in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Augeias of Elis son of Phorbas in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Autochthon son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Azaes son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Bellerophon Hero in Greek myth who rode Pegasus and killed the Chimera
- parent of (child) Belus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Belus
- parent of (father) Benthesikyme daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite
- parent of (child) Boeotus mythical son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Busiris king of Egypt in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Butes Argonaut, son of Teleon in Greek Mythology
- parent of (child) Byzas son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Byzinus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Caanthus character from Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Celaenus mythical son of Poseidon and Celaeno
- parent of (child) Cenchrias mythical son of Poseidon and Pirene
- parent of (child) Cercyon of Eleusis son of Branchus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Charybdis figure in Greek mythology transformed in a sea monster by Zeus
- parent of (father) Chios son of Poseidon, eponym of Chios island, water deity in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Chrysaor mythical character
- parent of (child) Chryses mythical child of Chrysogeneia and Poseidon
- parent of (child) Chrysomallos The Ram of the Golden Fleece
- parent of (child) Chthonius mythical son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Cromus mythical son of Poseidon, eponym of Kromyon
- parent of (child) Cteatus son of Actor son of Phorbas in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Cychreus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Cycnus mythical father of Tennes
- parent of (child) Cycnus Trojan, son of Poseidon
- parent of (father) Cymopoleia daughter of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Delphus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Dercynus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Despoina Greek goddess of Arcadian mystery cults
- parent of (child) Diaprepes son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Dicaeus son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Dictys mythic character, fisherman and brother of King Polydectes
- parent of (child) Dorus mythical son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Dyrrachius mythical founder of Dyrrachium, son of Poseidon and Melissa, daughter of Epidamnus
- parent of (child) Eirene mythological Greek character; daughter of Poseidon and Melantheia
- parent of (child) Elasippus mythical son of Poseidon and Cleito
- parent of (child) Eleius mythical king of Elis and son of Eurycyda
- parent of (child) Ephialtes mythical giant, child of Aloeus
- parent of (child) Epopeus mythical character, king of Sicyon
- parent of (child) Erginus Argonaut in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Ergiscus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Eryx in Greek mythology, king of the city Eryx in Sicily
- parent of (child) Eumelus brother of Atlas
- parent of (child) Eumolpus Thracian king settled at Eleusis in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Euphemus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Eurypylus son of Poseidon and king of Cos
- parent of (child) Eurypylus mythological king of Libya
- parent of (child) Eurytus mythical son of Actor
- parent of (child) Eusirus mythical father of Cerambus and son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Evadne daughter of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Evaemon son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Geren character from Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Glaucus semi-divine sea-dweller in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Halirrhothius son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Hippothoon mythological Greek character, son of Poseidon and Alope, king of Eleusis
- parent of (child) Hopleus son of Poseidon and Canace in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Hyperes mythical son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Hyrieus king in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Idas son of Aphareus, husband of Marpessa, argonaut in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Lamia daughter of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Lamia a female daemon who devoured children, usually described as having the upper body of a woman and lower half of a serpent
- parent of (child) Lamus king of the Laestrygones in Homer
- parent of (child) Leches mythical son of Poseidon, eponym of Lechaeum
- parent of (child) Lelex mythical ruler of Megara
- parent of (child) Lepreus mythical son of Pyrgeus or Poseidon and Astydameia
- parent of (child) Leucon son of Athamas
- parent of (child) Leuconoe Greek mythological character, daughter of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Lycus Greek mythical character, king of Thebes and son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Megareus of Onchestus mythical son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Melas mythical son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Mestor son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Minyas mythical king of Orchomenus
- parent of (child) Mneseus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Mygdon of Bebryces son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Myton son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Nauplius king of Nauplia, son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Nausithous son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Neleus mythical son of Poseidon or Cretheus and father of Nestor
- parent of (child) Nireus mythological Greek character, son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Nycteus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Oeoclus mythical son of Ascra and Poseidon, founder of Ascra
- parent of (child) Onchestus son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Otus mythological giant son of Poseidon or Aloeus
- parent of (child) Paeon physician of the gods in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Palaestinus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Parnassus son of Cleopompus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Pegasus mythological creature in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Pelasgus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Pelias mythical king of Iolcus, and son of Poseidon who sent Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece
- parent of (child) Peratos ruler of Sicyon, and mythical son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Periclymenus son of Poseidon and Astypalaea
- parent of (child) Periphetes mythical son of Hephaestus
- parent of (child) Phaeax son of Poseidon and Korkyra, eponymous hero of the Phaeacians
- parent of (father) Phaunos rustic god, rustic god (Georgikos)
- parent of (child) Phineus son of Agenor in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Phocus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Phthius son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Poltys mythical king and eponym of the Thracian city of Poltyobria
- parent of (child) Polydectes mythological king on Seriphos
- parent of (child) Polyphemus giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Procrustes son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Proteus sea divinity in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Rhodos Goddess of Rhodes in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Sarpedon mythical son of Poseidon
- parent of (child) Sciron mythical character, robber near Megara
- parent of (father) Scylla nymph transformed into a sea monster by Circe in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Siculus son of Poseidon, eponym of Sicily
- parent of (child) Sikanos mythological king of Sicily, son of Briareos
- parent of (child) Sinis Greek mythological figure
- parent of (child) Sithon mythical king of the Odomanti
- parent of (child) Syleus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Taenarus mythical Greek hero
- parent of (child) Taphius son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Taras son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Theseus legendary king of Athens, son of Aegeus and Aethra; famous for slaying the Minotaur
- parent of (child) Triopas mythological Greek character; son of Poseidon
- parent of (father) Triton Greek god, messenger of the sea
- partner of Aba Najad in Greek mythology
- partner of Aethra mother of Theseus
- partner of Agamede daughter of Augeias
- partner of Alcyone Greek mythological figure; one of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas
- partner of Alistra character in Greek mythology
- partner of Alope mythical character, daughter of Kerkyon
- partner of Alta mythological character
- partner of (spouse) Amphitrite Oceanid or Nereid of Greek mythology
- partner of Amymone daughter of Danaus in Greek mythology
- partner of Anippe naiad of Greek mythology
- partner of Anticleia Mother of Periphetes
- partner of Antiope mythological Greek character, daughter of Aeolus, by Poseidon mother of Boeotus and Hellen; otherwise known as Arne
- partner of Aphrodite Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation
- partner of Arene wife of Aphareus in Greek mythology
- partner of Arethusa lover of Poseidon
- partner of Arethusa Nereid of Greek mythology
- partner of Argiope Greek nymph, mother of Cercyon
- partner of (spouse) Arne mythical daughter of Aeolus
- partner of Ascra mythical lover of Poseidon
- partner of Astypalaea lover of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- partner of Beroe nymph in Greek mythology
- partner of Bithynis nymph in Greek mythology
- partner of Brylle daughter of Minos in Greek mythology
- partner of Calchinia mythical daughter of Leucippus
- partner of Calyce daughter of Hecaton in Greek mythology
- partner of Canace daughter of Aiolos in Greek mythology
- partner of Celaeno one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology
- partner of Celaeno daughter of Danaus
- partner of Celusa mythical mother of Asopus
- partner of Cerebia
- partner of Ceroessa mythical daughter of Io and mother of Byzas
- partner of Chione mythological Greek character, daughter of Boreas
- partner of Chrysogeneia mythical daughter of Almus
- partner of Cleito mythical daughter of Evenor
- partner of Cleodora one of the prophetic Thriae nymphs
- partner of (spouse) Corcyra daughter of the Asopos river and the nymph Metope
- partner of Demeter Greek goddess of the harvest, grains, and agriculture
- partner of Diopatra nymph pursued by Poseidon
- partner of Europa daughter of Tityos in Greek mythology
- partner of Eurycyda mythical daughter of Endymion
- partner of Eurynome daughter of Nisos in Greek mythology
- partner of (spouse) Euryte
- partner of Gaia Greek primordial deity, the personification of the Earth
- partner of Halie Greek nymph
- partner of Helle Greek mythology character
- partner of Hermippe Greek mythological figure
- partner of Hippothoe daughter of Mestor in Greek mythology
- partner of Iphimedeia daughter of Triopas in Greek mythology
- partner of Laodice
- partner of Larissa daughter or mother of Pelasgus in Greek mythology
- partner of Libya goddess in Roman and Greek mythology
- partner of Lysianassa daughter of Epaphus
- partner of Mecionice human consort of Poseidon
- partner of Medusa in Greek mythology, one of the three Gorgons, described as a woman with snakes in place of hair, beheaded by Perseus
- partner of Melanthia daughter of Alpheus in Greek mythology
- partner of Melantho daughter of Deucalion mythical mother of Delphus
- partner of Melissa mother of Dyrrachius in Greek mythology
- partner of Melite mythical daughter of Apollo
- partner of Midea nymph, mother of Aspledon by Poseidon
- partner of Molione Mythological character, mother of the Moliones
- partner of Mytilene Greek mythical character, daughter of Macareus, mother of Mytilos by Poseidon
- partner of Oenope daughter of Epopeus in Greek mythology
- partner of Periboea daughter of Eurymedon and mother of Nausithous
- partner of Pero mythical relative of Asopus
- partner of Philyra Oceanid of Greek mythology
- partner of Pirene nymph
- partner of Pitane mythical figure at Sparta
- partner of Pronoe figure in Greek mythology, daughter of Asopus
- partner of Salamis nymph in Greek mythology
- partner of Satyrion Greek nymph
- partner of Semystra nymph in Greek mythology
- partner of Syme daughter of Ialysus (mythology) in Greek mythology
- partner of Themisto mythical daughter of Hypseus
- partner of Theophane daughter of Bisaltes in Greek mythology
- partner of Thoosa water deity
- partner of Thronia mother of Abderus
- partner of (spouse) Tyro daughter of Salmoneus in Greek mythology
- sibling of Demeter Greek goddess of the harvest, grains, and agriculture
- sibling of Hades god of the underworld in Greek mythology
- sibling of Hera Greek goddess, wife and sister of Zeus
- sibling of Hestia Greek goddess of the hearth and the home
- sibling of Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods
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- parent of (father) Abas mythical character, son of Poseidon
- parent of (father) Abderus son of Hermes in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Agenor mythical Phoenician king, father of Cadmus
- parent of (father) Aloeus Greek mythical character, son of Poseidon
- parent of (father) Amycus in Greek mythology, the king of the Bebryces, a mythical people in Bithynia
- parent of (father) Ancaeus character from Greek mythology, son of Zeus or Poseidon
- parent of (father) Antaeus giant in Greek and Amazigh (Berber) mythology
- parent of (father) Augeias of Elis son of Phorbas in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Belus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Boeotus mythical son of Poseidon
- parent of (father) Busiris king of Egypt in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Butes Argonaut, son of Teleon in Greek Mythology
- parent of (father) Byzas son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Cercyon of Eleusis son of Branchus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Chrysaor mythical character
- parent of (father) Cychreus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Cycnus Trojan, son of Poseidon
- parent of (father) Delphus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Dictys mythic character, fisherman and brother of King Polydectes
- parent of (father) Epopeus mythical character, king of Sicyon
- parent of (father) Eryx in Greek mythology, king of the city Eryx in Sicily
- parent of (father) Eumolpus Thracian king settled at Eleusis in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Euphemus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Halirrhothius son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
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- parent of (father) Hippothoon mythological Greek character, son of Poseidon and Alope, king of Eleusis
- parent of (father) Hyrieus king in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Idas son of Aphareus, husband of Marpessa, argonaut in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Lamia a female daemon who devoured children, usually described as having the upper body of a woman and lower half of a serpent
- parent of (father) Lelex king of Laconia
- parent of (father) Minyas mythical king of Orchomenus
- parent of (father) Nauplius king of Nauplia, son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Nausithous son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Neleus mythical son of Poseidon or Cretheus and father of Nestor
- parent of (father) Pelias mythical king of Iolcus, and son of Poseidon who sent Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece
- parent of (father) Periclymenus son of Neleus in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Periphetes mythical son of Hephaestus
- parent of (father) Phineus son of Agenor in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Polydectes mythological king on Seriphos
- parent of (father) Polyphemus giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Procrustes son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Sciron mythical character, robber near Megara
- parent of (father) Sinis Greek mythological figure
- parent of (father) Syleus son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Taphius son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Taras son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Thasus Phoenician character from Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Theseus legendary king of Athens, son of Aegeus and Aethra; famous for slaying the Minotaur
- partner of Aethra mother of Theseus
- partner of Agamede daughter of Augeias
- partner of Alope mythical character, daughter of Kerkyon
- partner of Amymone daughter of Danaus in Greek mythology
- partner of Astypalaea lover of Poseidon in Greek mythology
- partner of Canace daughter of Aiolos in Greek mythology
- partner of Chione mythological Greek character, daughter of Boreas
- partner of Eurynome daughter of Nisos in Greek mythology
- partner of Iphimedeia daughter of Triopas in Greek mythology
- partner of Libya goddess in Roman and Greek mythology
- partner of Medusa in Greek mythology, one of the three Gorgons, described as a woman with snakes in place of hair, beheaded by Perseus
- partner of Themisto mythical daughter of Hypseus
- partner of Theophane daughter of Bisaltes in Greek mythology
- partner of Tyro daughter of Salmoneus in Greek mythology
- married to Tyro daughter of Salmoneus in Greek mythology
Where Poseidon appears
- Written 8th century BCE
Iliad
epic poem attributed to Homer - No date recorded
Odyssey
epic poem attributed to Homer
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Connections
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- Ægir sea giant, god of the ocean and king of the sea in Norse mythology
- Ahti water deity of Finnish Folk poetry
- Neptune Roman god of water, particularly the sea, considered equivalent to the Greek Poseidon
- Nethuns etruscan water god
- Njord one of the Vanir, a group of gods within Norse mythology
- The Sea Tsar character of Russian folk tales, tutelary deity
- Yam Canaanite sea, rivers and water god
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