Poseidon
pronunciation
How to pronounce Poseidon in British English:
UK [pɔˈsaidən]
How to pronounce Poseidon in American English:
US [poˈsaɪdn, pə-]
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- Noun:
- (Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune
Word Origin
- Poseidon (n.)
- Greek god of the sea and earthquakes, Greek Poseidon (Doric Poteidan), of uncertain origin.
Example
- 1. Environmentalists are suing poseidon every step of the way .
- 2. Only the trident doesn 't make any logical sense , because who do you think you are , poseidon ?
- 3. This is a gift . We should take it to the temple of poseidon .
- 4. A firm appropriately called poseidon resources is now close to building the biggest desalination plant in america behind a power station by the beach in carlsbad .
- 5. Finally , the goddess won poseidon and the game was over . To commemorate such an lucky result , zeus got the the scale of a thrown to the sky that is today 's libra .