In his dispute with Athena for dominion over Athens, the two gods had a contest as to which one could give the Athenians the best gift. Not satisfied with lordship over the sea, Poseidon coveted earthly realms as well. In one case Amphitrite transformed her husband's mistress into a loathsome, barking monster. Yet the marriage was not very happy for her because Poseidon, like Zeus, persisted in extramarital affairs. Poseidon sent messengers to fetch her, and one of them, a dolphin, was able to persuade her to marry the lord of the sea. Then he courted Amphitrite, another sea nymph, but she disliked him and fled far away. At one time he courted Thetis, the sea nymph, but he gave her up when he learned that she would bear a son greater than its father. Poseidon built a palace in the watery depths and sought a wife who could live there. And like the sea he had a stormy, violent nature. Zeus's brother Poseidon gained control of the sea as his portion of the world. Merlin, King Arthur, Gawain, Launcelot, Geraint, Tristram, Percivale, the Grail Quest, and the Passing of Arthur's Realm.Summary and Analysis: Arthurian Legends.The Norse Gods - Odin, Thor, Balder, Frey, Freya, and Loki.Love Tales - Pyramus and Thisbe, Baucis and Philemon, Pygmalion, Vertumnus and Pomona, Hero and Leander, Cupid and Psyche.Patriotic Legends - Aeneas and Romulus and Remus.The Trojan War - The Preliminaries, The Course of the War, The Fall of Troy, and The Returns.The Tragic Dynasties - Athens: The House of Erichthonius.The Tragic Dynasties - Thebes: The House of Cadmus.The Tragic Dynasties - Mycenae: The House Of Atreus. The Tragic Dynasties - Crete: The House Of Minos.
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