Poseidon: God of the Sea
The Ancients
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The Real Poseidon of the Ancient Greeks
In regards to how the ancient Greeks represent how they depict Poseidon, I mean, let's start with statues. How is Poseidon usually depicted in statues? Well, this is a good question. And scholars argue sometimes because sometimes we're not sure whether the individual represented is Poseidon or is Zeus. But then if you think about all the ancient sculptures that you've seen in museums, well, usually they're incomplete and so often those attributes that they should have been holding are lost.
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