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Greek mythology: the god of the sea and earthquakes- Although Neptune is the Roman counterpart to the Greek Poseidon, Neptune was never as popular amongst the Roman sailors as Neptune was amongst the Greek sailors.
- "Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said.Rick Riordan -- The Son of Neptune
- And of course she's got the rivalry with Poseidon.Rick Riordan -- The Lightning Thief
- Piper had heard that Percy could speak to horses, being the son of the horse lord Poseidon, but she'd never seen it in action.Rick Riordan -- The Mark of Athena
- "Hey, I'm a Poseidon kid," he said.Rick Riordan -- The Blood of Olympus
- Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, the eldest brothers among the gods—they're called the Big Three.Rick Riordan -- The Lost Hero
- Like Zeus, Poseidon, Athena-Rick Riordan -- The Sea of Monsters
- The problem for me: I was usually the only one in the Poseidon cabin, and I'm not exactly what you would call neat.Rick Riordan -- The Battle of the Labyrinth
- As usual, I was struck by his resemblance to his father, Poseidon.Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
- By all means, Son of Poseidon.Rick Riordan -- The Titan's Curse
- Earthquakes and tidal waves were the wrath of Poseidon.Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
- The bull in question had been sent by the god Poseidon, long ago, when Minos was contending with his brothers for the throne.Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces
- Priam is the son of Laomedon, who cheated Poseidon of payment when he built the city's walls.Homer -- The Iliad
- Max thought he looked like Poseidon, as huge and wild as the sea.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon .... probably the demigod Hazel admired most.Rick Riordan -- The House of Hades
- My dad, by the way, is Poseidon.Rick Riordan -- The Last Olympian
- The cadet laughed through the bullhorn, which made him seem as sinister as Poseidon was with Odysseus when he kept foiling his attempts to get home to Ithaca.Jack Gantos -- Hole in My Life
- Son of Poseidon!Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch
- Cassie for Cassiopeia, the constellation, the queen tied to her chair in the northern sky, who was beautiful but vain, placed in the heavens by the sea god Poseidon as a punishment for her boasting.Rick Yancey -- The 5th Wave
- In the battle between the pagan symbols and Christian symbols, the pagans lost; Poseidon's trident became the devil's pitchfork, the wise crone's pointed hat became the symbol of a witch, and Venus's pentacle became a sign of the devil.Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
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