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  • Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, the eldest brothers among the gods—they're called the Big Three.†   (source)
  • I've gone by other names, but I do prefer Poseidon.†   (source)
  • I watched the two of them ride off together into the realm of Poseidon.†   (source)
  • The son of Poseidon frowned across at us.†   (source)
  • Poseidon is angry with Miami today, so it looks like that Florida freeze is back on!†   (source)
  • I mean, didn't Athena and Poseidon ever cooperate?†   (source)
  • He was polishing a new trident, a gift from Poseidon himself.†   (source)
  • If I hadn't been Poseidon's son, there's no way I could've stayed with him.†   (source)
  • I imagined Poseidon would replace the statue's gorgeous face with his own weathered, bearded mien.†   (source)
  • My boyfriend, Percy, he's a son of Poseidon.†   (source)
  • Of course, Poseidon denies stealing the master bolt.†   (source)
  • That Odysseus had not been able to take them had been a piece of Poseidon's vengeance.†   (source)
  • Tyson sat with me at the Poseidon table.†   (source)
  • "Your former friend Luke," Poseidon corrected.†   (source)
  • But Polyphemus sobbed … and for the first time it sank in that he was a son of Poseidon, too.†   (source)
  • Finally I got to Cabin Three, the cabin of Poseidon.†   (source)
  • "Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits.†   (source)
  • That pretty much describes my entire life: Because Poseidon.†   (source)
  • You were lord of the sea before Olympian Poseidon robbed you.†   (source)
  • There was my dad, Poseidon, with his trident, holding out grapes for Dionysus to turn into wine.†   (source)
  • Poseidon had never invited me underwater.†   (source)
  • Poseidon's eyes took on a little sadness.†   (source)
  • The sons of Poseidon haven't improved over the centuries, have they?†   (source)
  • But mark my words, Son of Poseidon, live or die, you will prove no better than the other heroes.†   (source)
  • I even remembered that they were often Poseidon's children.†   (source)
  • Odysseus had had to blind him to escape, and now Poseidon hunted them across the waves in vengeance.†   (source)
  • Still, the son of Poseidon looked disgruntled.†   (source)
  • Had Poseidon brought us together on purpose?†   (source)
  • I wondered if maybe I should've sent Poseidon that seashell pattern tie for Father's Day after all.†   (source)
  • "You're telling a son of Poseidon to get lots of fluids?†   (source)
  • Tyson bounded across the room and gave Poseidon a big hug, which almost knocked off his fishing hat.†   (source)
  • He must suspect Poseidon will try to use Percy to clear his name.†   (source)
  • They had been ambushed by the cyclops Polyphemus, a savage one-eyed giant who was a son of Poseidon.†   (source)
  • "I couldn't miss Percy's fifteenth birthday," Poseidon said.†   (source)
  • I trudged over to the Poseidon table and slumped onto the bench.†   (source)
  • I'd better take care of that," Poseidon grumbled.†   (source)
  • Zeus or Poseidon could go down to the Underworld and bust some heads.†   (source)
  • I understood why Poseidon had been so smitten with her.†   (source)
  • My uncle Nereus, once the mighty ruler of the sea, was now lackey to its new god, Poseidon.†   (source)
  • When I'd been claimed by Poseidon last summer, everyone had reverently knelt.†   (source)
  • Poseidon would not have you die before your time.†   (source)
  • It was kind of disconcerting, because Poseidon listened so intently.†   (source)
  • There was no note attached or anything, but I knew it could only be a gift from Poseidon.†   (source)
  • And Poseidon's wrath that everyone pitied him for?†   (source)
  • But Zeus and Poseidon-they both had, like, a bazillion kids in the myths.†   (source)
  • For a while, before Poseidon had claimed me, I'd lodged in the Hermes cabin.†   (source)
  • Your father, Poseidon, would already have sounded the alarm.†   (source)
  • Poseidon put his weathered hand on my shoulder.†   (source)
  • But they're afraid of offending Poseidon.†   (source)
  • You think Poseidon cares for you any more than he cares for this mon-ster?†   (source)
  • Zeus has demanded that Poseidon return the bolt by the summer solstice.†   (source)
  • I'd never even been in Poseidon's kingdom.†   (source)
  • Word leaked out about the Zeus-Poseidon standoff.†   (source)
  • I mean … I'm sorry, Percy, I didn't expect Poseidon to claim him.†   (source)
  • Your heads shall both be tributes to Poseidon!†   (source)
  • I turned and found Poseidon smiling at me.†   (source)
  • Poseidon raised his eyebrows as they shook hands.†   (source)
  • I'd been lying awake all night, thinking about Poseidon's warning.†   (source)
  • He hid it in the Underworld, knowing full well that Zeus would blame Poseidon.†   (source)
  • I looked nervously at my father, Poseidon.†   (source)
  • But still, I felt like I supported them because Poseidon was my dad.†   (source)
  • If Zeus and Poseidon weaken each other in a war, who stands to gain?†   (source)
  • "Poseidon," I murmured, "accept my offering."†   (source)
  • The Poseidon cabin was at the end of the row of "male god" cabins on the right side of the green.†   (source)
  • Poseidon wants an apology for being called a thief by the same date.†   (source)
  • Poseidon had sent the hippocampi to help us.†   (source)
  • "Peace, brother," Poseidon finally said.†   (source)
  • I guess some of the gods would like to kill you, but they're probably afraid of offending Poseidon.†   (source)
  • I stared in horror at all the skulls-hundreds of them-and the banner of Poseidon.†   (source)
  • I wished Poseidon would talk to me, give me some advice or something.†   (source)
  • I felt like a bully, a son of Poseidon throwing' his weight around.†   (source)
  • Now Poseidon has openly claimed you as his son.†   (source)
  • I hadn't spoken to Poseidon since last summer.†   (source)
  • "You are brave to come here, Son of Poseidon," he said in an oily voice.†   (source)
  • Antaeus's father might have been Poseidon, but Gaia was keeping him alive.†   (source)
  • How could Tyson think that Poseidon had cared for him?†   (source)
  • If Poseidon doesn't have it, where is the thing?†   (source)
  • These snarling things had created Poseidon's trident?†   (source)
  • Especially if he has found out Percy is a son of Poseidon… .†   (source)
  • I was following Tyson to the bottom of the sea, into the court of Poseidon.†   (source)
  • Maybe she thought it was part of Chris's hallucination, but … son of Poseidon?†   (source)
  • If you think this is a good tribute, you know nothing about Poseidon.†   (source)
  • I'm saying it's no accident Poseidon has claimed you now.†   (source)
  • Maybe Poseidon had a reason for being so vague.†   (source)
  • He decorated his arena with skulls and"He dedicated them to me," Poseidon supplied.†   (source)
  • The only thing Zeus wasn't sure about was which hero Poseidon used to steal the bolt.†   (source)
  • Poseidon won't curse me," I said, backing up as the Cyclops grabbed air.†   (source)
  • "Poseidon called you a queen," I told her.†   (source)
  • And Zeus has never trusted Poseidon since.†   (source)
  • You've known I was Poseidon's son all along, haven't you?†   (source)
  • Does Poseidon think I can be blackmailed into supporting him?†   (source)
  • After lessons, she would walk away muttering to herself: "Quest … Poseidon?†   (source)
  • I wanted to ask if Poseidon would come with me to see her, but then I realized that was ridiculous.†   (source)
  • Suddenly I understood what Poseidon had told me on Olympus.†   (source)
  • Then again, Poseidon has tried to unseat Zeus before.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite, Ares, and Apollo are backing Poseidon, more or less.†   (source)
  • My mom invented it, but Poseidon created horses out of the crests of waves.†   (source)
  • Someone stole Zeus's master bolt, and Hades's helm, and framed me because I'm Poseidon's kid.†   (source)
  • Most thinking observers would agree that thievery is not Poseidon's style.†   (source)
  • They honor Lord Poseidon, though they do not serve in his court.†   (source)
  • During the winter solstice, at the last council of the gods, Zeus and Poseidon had an argument.†   (source)
  • Another time, Athena and Poseidon competed to be the patron god for the city of Athens.†   (source)
  • Poseidon had ignored me for twelve years.†   (source)
  • Poseidon has played his most desperate card.†   (source)
  • What had Annabeth said about Poseidon creating horses?†   (source)
  • Oh yeah, Hades will be mad at both Zeus and Poseidon, because he doesn't know who took this.†   (source)
  • "I have admitted my wrongdoing," Poseidon said.†   (source)
  • Olympians forced to choose sides between Zeus and Poseidon.†   (source)
  • You will be exposed as Poseidon's thief, and I will have my helm back!†   (source)
  • "If you are the son of Poseidon," Echidna hissed, "you would not fear water.†   (source)
  • I wondered, if Poseidon were watching, would he approve of my choice?†   (source)
  • Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades had been set at each other's throats by someone else.†   (source)
  • "He is proud and impulsive," Poseidon said.†   (source)
  • "Your mother is a queen among women," Poseidon said wistfully.†   (source)
  • I got the feeling Poseidon really didn't know what to think of me.†   (source)
  • Poseidon-my dad-he didn't really have this master bolt stolen, did he?†   (source)
  • In a strange way, I was glad that Poseidon was so distant.†   (source)
  • "Address Lord Zeus, boy," Poseidon told me.†   (source)
  • Poseidon made some kind of suggestion, but Zeus cut him off.†   (source)
  • "Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said.†   (source)
  • Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon …. probably the demigod Hazel admired most.†   (source)
  • But demigods … Poseidon put his hand on my shoulder.†   (source)
  • The gift of Periclymenus … I think, I think he was a son of Poseidon, I mean Neptune, I mean …†   (source)
  • "Poseidon's underpants, you can't be serious."†   (source)
  • You a daughter of Poseidon, Miss …. uh ….†   (source)
  • I'm sure you know all this, being the son of Poseidon, and all."†   (source)
  • Then she remembered that Poseidon had a changeable personality, like the sea.†   (source)
  • The son of Poseidon flew into a column with a sickening crunch.†   (source)
  • The army of Poseidon marched into the throne MOM.†   (source)
  • "Poseidon," Percy corrected him automatically.†   (source)
  • But a son of Neptune (Poseidon, whatever) didn't belong in the air.†   (source)
  • Then Frank remembered —his family was descended from Poseidon, too.†   (source)
  • "You'll have to do better than that, son of Poseidon.†   (source)
  • This idiot son of Poseidon cannot be allowed to be the child of the prophecy?'†   (source)
  • You can't go around taming giant turtles without being a son of Poseidon!†   (source)
  • Percy Jackson, you should appreciate that, as a son of Poseidon!†   (source)
  • Sciron, the son of Poseidon, had won again.†   (source)
  • Poseidon threw his trident and impaled the monster in the throat.†   (source)
  • And by the way, Tyson, Frank is a descendant of Poseidon.†   (source)
  • At descendant of Poseidon, Frank flinched.†   (source)
  • It's a temple to both Athena and Poseidon.†   (source)
  • Poseidon strode over to his fishing seat, and the Olympian Council convened.†   (source)
  • He was the grandson of Poseidon, but good enough.†   (source)
  • But, no, Frank Zhang, descendant of Poseidon.†   (source)
  • Poseidon was the god of the sea, not of every liquid everywhere.†   (source)
  • The oldest shrines on the Acropolis are dedicated to Poseidon and Athena.†   (source)
  • The original palace of my father, Poseidon.†   (source)
  • The son of Poseidon was about to be overwhelmed, but Frank ran to Hazel's aid.†   (source)
  • "I want you with me because you've got the blood of Poseidon.†   (source)
  • Besides, monsters could smell demigods—especially powerful ones like Percy, son of Poseidon.†   (source)
  • You saw what happened to Poseidon once his undersea palace was attacked.†   (source)
  • "You're a son of Poseidon?" she managed.†   (source)
  • The seat of Poseidon stood just to the right of Zeus's, but it wasn't nearly as grand.†   (source)
  • The anti-Poseidon you whacked in the head with a Terminus statue.†   (source)
  • "Polybotes," he said, "the anti-Poseidon."†   (source)
  • "You're a son of Poseidon, aren't you?" she asked.†   (source)
  • Poseidon and Zeus have forced me into an agreement.†   (source)
  • "And he got that gift from Poseidon," Percy said.†   (source)
  • "How do you know he's descended from Poseidon?"†   (source)
  • My point, dear brother, is that Poseidon has never treated me fairly.†   (source)
  • We started at the Poseidon cabin, which was basically just me.†   (source)
  • And Zeus would love something that made fun of Poseidon.†   (source)
  • Athena and Poseidon …. they were just like these children!†   (source)
  • "A great hero must be rewarded," Poseidon said.†   (source)
  • Percy, these are the trident marks of Poseidon.†   (source)
  • You two will make an excellent exhibit—the only demigod spawn of Poseidon in captivity.†   (source)
  • I mean, no combination is going to be perfect, but Poseidon, Hephaestus, Pluto, Mars ….†   (source)
  • "I must assume my true godly form," Poseidon said.†   (source)
  • "Sometimes it is best not to interact with Poseidon's brood," Aphros said.†   (source)
  • She was older than Poseidon or Athena or even Zeus.†   (source)
  • As the son of Poseidon, I would rule the seas!†   (source)
  • Poseidon was under siege and losing a war against the sea Titan Oceanus.†   (source)
  • He yelled something to his fellow blacksmiths—probably "For Poseidon!†   (source)
  • Always happy to rob a fellow son of Poseidon.†   (source)
  • I ate a depressing breakfast by myself at the Poseidon table.†   (source)
  • Now, being the son of Poseidon and all, I was okay with this.†   (source)
  • "Poseidon mentioned another threat," I said.†   (source)
  • "Percy, you must go," Poseidon insisted.†   (source)
  • He was shaking his head so hard I was afraid it would fall off, but Poseidon didn't look offended.†   (source)
  • "My family is anxious," Poseidon continued as if nothing had happened.†   (source)
  • Hardly looking up, Poseidon pointed his trident at the beast and zapped it with blue energy.†   (source)
  • I'd never visited Poseidon's realm, and I'd been dreaming about it for years.†   (source)
  • Being the son of Poseidon and all, I have perfect bearings at sea.†   (source)
  • Still, I thought I would recognize Poseidon on sight.†   (source)
  • Now we can expect no help from Poseidon because he's fighting his own war.†   (source)
  • Poseidon winced as if he'd just been stabbed.†   (source)
  • I sat at the Poseidon table by myself and watched the moonlight on Long Island Sound.†   (source)
  • "The power of Poseidon," East River murmured.†   (source)
  • I turned, but before I could leave, Poseidon called, "Honor guard!"†   (source)
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