Poseidon In Greek Mythology

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Have you ever heard about Poseidon, Poseidon is the Greek god of the ocean, horse, and earthquakes. Poseidon is one of the gods in the big three ( Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon). They are the big three because they are the most powerful gods out of all of them. Poseidon chose the ocean for what he would rule because he loved adventure and he thought the ocean would be just one big adventure.

Poseidon can be a nice guy as long as you don’t make him mad. In the book Percy Jackson and the lightning thief you can see some of Poseidon’s traits in Percy, like anger, how he holds a grudge, and also how he can be very caring. They show in this book that Poseidon and his brother are both enraged at each other because Zeus thinks that Poseidon sent Percy

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