{"id":21545,"date":"2026-11-05T08:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T07:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=21545"},"modified":"2026-11-05T08:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T07:39:47","slug":"divine-jealousy-poseidon-amphitrite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=21545","title":{"rendered":"Divine Jealousy – Poseidon & Amphitrite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nWhen Poseidon sued for Amphitrite’s hand, she fled to Atlas, but Poseidon sent spies after her, and among them one Delphinus, who brought about the marriage between her and Poseidon, and the grateful god rewarded his service by placing him among the stars. When afterwards Poseidon showed some love to Scylla, Amphitrite\u2019s jealousy was excited to such a degree, that she threw some magic herbs into the well in which Scylla used to bathe, and thereby changed her rival into a monster. All because of Poseidon… Just the same as Athena turned Medusa into a monster as punishment (after Poseidon violated her in Athena’s temple), transforming her beautiful hair into snakes and giving her a petrifying gaze. This act was meant to protect the sanctity of the temple and reflect Athena’s wrath over the desecration, but Poseidon was to blame. Shame on you Poseidon, it’s always you : ) <\/p>\n

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The palace of Poseidon was in the depth of the sea near Aegae in Euboea. Poseidon was married to Amphitrite, by whom he had three children – Triton, Rhode, and Benthesicyme; but he had besides a vast number of children by other divinities and mortal women. <\/br>
Amphitrite<\/strong><\/span>
\"\"She is represented as the wife of Poseidon and the goddess of the sea (the Mediterranean), and she is therefore a kind of female Poseidon. According to Hesiod (and Apollodorus) she is a Nereid, though in other places Apollodorus calls her an Oceanid.

Later poets regard Amphitrite as the goddess of the sea in general, or the ocean. In the Homeric poems she does not occur as a goddess, and Amphitrite is merely the name of
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Poseidon<\/strong><\/span>
\"\"His name seems to be connected with \u03c0\u03cc\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 (potos), \u03c0\u03cc\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 (pontos), and \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1\u03bc\u03cc\u03c2 (potamos), according to which he is the god of the fluid element. He was a son of Cronus and Rhea, whence he is called Kronios (\u039a\u03c1\u03cc\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2) and by Latin poets Saturnius. He was accordingly a brother of Zeus, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter, and it was determined by lot that he should rule over the sea.

Like his brothers and sisters, he was, after
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Scylla was beautiful<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

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Scylla was beautiful, even Poseidon loved her – One version of the myth says it was Amphitrite who turned Scylla into a monster. Poseidon showed some love or admiration for Scylla, Amphitrite\u2019s jealousy was excited to such a degree, that she threw some magic herbs into the well in which Scylla used to bathe, and thereby changed her rival into a monster with six heads and twelve feet.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Scylla<\/strong><\/span>
\"\"Homer said Scylla was a daughter of Crataeis, he described her as a fearful monster, barking like a dog, with six heads and many legs. One tradition related that Scylla was beloved by Poseidon, and that Amphitrite, from jealousy, metamorphosed her into a monster. Heracles is said to have killed her, because she had stolen some of the oxen of Geryon; but Phorcys is said to have restored her to life.

Later traditions represent Scylla as
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\n(Amphitrite, Thetis, Calypso)<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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When Poseidon sued for Amphitrite’s hand, she fled to Atlas, but Poseidon sent spies after her, and among them one Delphinus, who brought about the marriage between her and Poseidon, and the grateful god rewarded his service by placing him… Lexo →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mythology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}