Poseidon And Psamathenon: The Ancient Greek Myth

There once was a very beautiful goddess named Psamathe, so beautiful that she attracted the very powerful god of the sea Poseidon. However Poseidon was already married to the ever so beautiful Amphitrite. One day while Psamathe was checking every single grain of sand to make sure it was the perfect shape, Poseidon came to her with a very special gift, a gift that the goddess of sand had never seen before. The gift was a small piece of the ocean. The small piece of ocean was so beautiful that it made her fall madly in love with the God. Later Poseidon had a child with the goddess named Nekton. This child was kept a secret by Psamathe in fear that Amphitrite would find out. One day when Nekton was older he was wondering in his mothers desert …show more content…
However back home Psamathe was `very stressed that she could not find her little boy and searched under every grain of sand. In this commotion the Queen of the Sea Amphitrite heard her screams and instantly found her son by the ocean. Being that she could smell the ocean salt in his blood she knew that he was a son of Poseidon. In her rage she forced a huge tidal wave to rise and swallow the boy into the sea. However Nekton was not bothered by the wave of the rush of water but for some reason enjoyed it. He did not have to breath or struggle for breath but simple floated under water. He then started to move and found it very easy as he moved his way to the top of the water and simple went back to the cliff side. He quickly climbed back to the top of the cliff side and ran back to his mother as he could hear her calling for him “Nekton, Nekton, oh sweet Nekton please return to me!” called Psamathe. Nekton ran to his mother soaking wet and said “I’m sorry mother, I was just out for a walk with I slipped into some foreign land”. Psamathe then told him that he must show her this land and so he …show more content…
Dearest son I believe that you have fallen into your fathers domain, the sea. Then a loud roar came from the sea as Amphitrite rose from the roaring waters with a very angry expression. “You will stay away from my husband as long as you live Psamathe!” She then cursed Psamathe and made it so that she and Poseidon could never touch again and was instantly forced back to her desert. Then the goddess turned to Nekton peering deep into his soul and seeing a great deal of her husband in him. “For your ability to survive a great threat I shall make you a god as a reward, but what shall you be the god of? She then said you shall be the god of movement in water, you shall be the god of swimming!” then Nekton started to glow and float into the air a great lite shined from him and he was dropped to his feel on the ground. Nekton the dove into the sea leaving his mothers desert for the last time and finding his place in his fathers kingdom he was now god of swimming. At that moment Greeks all around the countryside ran to the seas and began swimming and feeling the joy of the ocean as they never have before. Although it was not a happy ending for