Opeidon To Compare And Contrast Zeus And Poseidon

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Poseidon was a determined man. He was so perfectionist that he caused Atlantis collapse. He was the god of the seas,rivers and earthquakes. Poseidon had a poweful trident. He was creating the earthquakes by hitting his trident to the ground. Poseidon hated his father, Zeus. Zeus was the king of the gods,ruler of Mount Olympus, and god of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and justice. He was self-confident. He didn’t like Poseidon too. They were living in peace for that moment until Poseidon’s huge mistake.

It was a beautiful sunny day but mortals could not see it because of Poseidon’s storms. He was viciously creating storms on the sea which makes the mortal sailors’s ships sink. He have always liked

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