“My name is Poseidon (/pəˈsaɪdən, pɒ-, poʊ-/;[1] Ancient Greek: Ποσειδῶν, romanised: Poseidôn). I’m one of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. I was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hellenic cities and colonies. In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, I was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes, with the cult title "earth shaker"; in the myths of isolated Arcadia, I’m related to Demeter and Despoina and was venerated as a horse, and as a god of the waters. I maintained both associations among most Greeks: I was regarded as the tamer or father of horses, with a strike of my trident, created springs (the terms for horses and springs are related in the Greek language). My Roman equivalent is Neptune.”