Poseidon Vs Hades Essay

In the dividing of the Heavens, it was decided that the three sons of Cronus and Rhea would rule the Earth jointly. Since Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades were the most powerful and the oldest, they had a draw to see who would gain power over the Earth. The draw was a battle between all of them. The draw lasted twelve days, and on the ninth day, Hades was losing and went to a storm spirit to knock his brothers off their tracks. On the eleventh day, Zeus found out that Hades cheated and both Zeus and Poseidon banished him to the underworld for eternity. On the twelfth day, Zeus slashes Poseidon with his master bolt and cuts Poseidon open. Zeus won the throne on Mount Olympus, and was ruled as king of the Earth. The world was divided into three parts, where each brother ruled one specific area. The God of the Sea, Poseidon, watched over the vast oceans and all the aquatic creatures that dwell within it. The God of the Underworld, Hades, ruled over the dead. And lastly, the God of the Skies, Zeus, …show more content…
Poseidon and Zeus were probably more similar than Poseidon and Hades, but they as well have their differences. Poseidon was a son of Cronus and Rhea. In Greek myths he is swallowed by Cronus at birth but later saved, with his other brothers and sisters, by Zeus. Like other children of Cronus and Rhea, Cronus wanted to swallow Zeus at birth. But when Rhea gave birth to Zeus in Crete, she handed Cronus a rock wrapped in swaddling clothes, which he promptly swallowed. In Greek mythology, Poseidon is the god of the sea. His symbols are the trident, swordfish, dolphin, horse, bull, and pearl shell. Zeus is the “Father of Gods and men” who rules the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father rules the family. He is the god of sky and thunder. Throughout Poseidon’s life, he had one wife, Amphitrite, a sea-nymph. Unlike his brother, Zeus had many marital affairs, but one consistent one throughout,