What Is Poseidon In Greek Mythology

1) In Greek mythology we have many gods and goddess with different meanings, the one I chose to do part of my MET assignment on is Poseidon, who is known as the god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses. Poseidon is known for his changing temperament and being easily offended by many things. He was a dignified and competitive god and it was wise to not offended and anger him. Poseidon is the brother of Zeus, known for his thunderbolt and Hades, known for the helmet of darkness. He gained the title as the god of Seas, earthquakes, and horses is because when the three brothers deposed of their father, the kingdom of the sea fell by lot on him. He is known by his main element of weapon and symbol, the Trident, perhaps was once a fishing spears.

In the Cypriot gallery, I came across the Limestone votary of a bearded male with a wreath. In this sculpture you can see different from across the Mediterranean Sea the Near East, Egypt and Greece has influenced the Cypriot style. From the Near East, stylistic features and iconographic elements were borrowed from the objects. From Egyptian art, the style of symbolism was incorporated into the sculpture of bearded man, he is wearing an ornate wreath of ivy leaves on his head and has a small Phiale in his right hand and branch in his left going to go make an offering. Along with the detailed symbols, we come to notice that idealization and naturalism is also seen in the created. In this life like creation, we see how detailed his head and body are. The definition of his facial feature also draw attention to classical time to Greece Culture along with the clothing that is worn. In this century, we tend to see men sculpted mostly with a naked body, but this Ancient Civilization incorporated the Hellenistic and Classical area of Greece, where clothing was used for the women only, but they used this style for the men now. The Hellenistic area influences the natural representation of the individuals in