I'm posting a link to an amazing photo

[dolf]

Appreciate its coolness.

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

OH NO!

Be careful or some people may accuse you of becoming a picture poster.

 

[RoryN]

Be careful or some people may accuse you of becoming a picture poster.

Poseur. It's pronounced "poe-sir".

(Cool photo, dolf.)

 

[thør]

Poseidon........

The BBC is incorrect.

 

[Emerson40]

Poseidon........

The BBC is incorrect.

I always thought they were one in the same.

Poseidon is what the Greeks called the god of the sea, Neptune is the name the Romans used.

 

[thør]

I always thought they were one in the same.

Poseidon is what the Greeks called the god of the sea, Neptune is the name the Romans used.

The Greeks named him first!

 

[Emerson40]

The Greeks named him first!

True, but their empire was not as vast and far-reaching.

I suppose the Roman name stuck in jolly olde, as the Romans brought their counterpart mythology along with roads, Latin, and toilets.

 

[thør]

True, but their empire was not as vast and far-reaching.

I suppose the Roman name stuck in jolly olde, as the Romans brought their counterpart mythology along with roads, Latin, and toilets.

They also had more slaves than the Greeks.

I will yield to Njǫrd.

 

[Sean]

The Greeks named him first!

Feckin Greeks! They invented gayness!

 

[thør]

Feckin Greeks! They invented gayness!

Be cool.

Who really gives a shit?

 

[Sean]

Be cool.

Who really gives a shit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zkL91LzCMc

 

[thør]

I can understand picking on the Irish.

 

[mayfly13]

Poseidon........

The BBC is incorrect.

I googled it out of curiosity and yes,you're absolutely right.
For Romans, Neptune was the deity (deiity, just like in Anglo-Sax countries) of fresh water. He'd been carried out of the sea by a carriage.
Poseidon (the Greek God) was the God of saltwater, Greeks were seamen.

They also had more slaves than the Greeks.

I will yield to Njǫrd.

Yes too, Romans were also more violent/war-mongering than Greeks.







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Interestingly, your two posts are like a summary of what this Quora--n wrote about iNeptun--vs. Poseidon Romans/vs. Greece.
Please read it, It's FANTASTIC, it goes to their core worldviews:


"The Romans were not a seafaring people, unlike the Greeks.
Originally, the god Neptunus was god of springs, rivers and such.

However, when they expanded across the Italian peninsula, they came in contact with the Greek colonies in southern Italy, and picked up on the Greek pantheon. The case of Neptunus is an example of where they took over the idea of Poseidon and equated it to Neptune.

Also, be aware that the original Roman gods were not gods in the Greek (or Nordic) sense; they were not personalised but rather symbols of various forces of nature and of the forces holding the Romans together (filial piety, as an example).
- When Greek culture came into play, the Romans were more culturally advanced than the original tribes; they liked the idea of personalised gods and took over (more or less) the Greek pantheon, equating the Greek gods with their own.

It wasn’t always a straight take-over. A good example is Ares-Mars.
The Greeks loathed Ares; he was the personification of the brutality and mindlessness of war; Athena was the god(ess) of strategy and tactics. To the Romans, Mars was an admirable god; the Romans being one of the most warlike people ever."

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-Poseidon-and-Neptune

 

[mayfly13]

The Greece versus Rome axis (the two craddles of European civilization)
are still partly relevant today.

The Eastern half of Europe maintains cultural ties with Greece through their Christian Orthodox faith, whose mood is much more si ilar to the mysticism of it's parent - Judaism.

The Western half of Europe - with Rome's religion.

 

[rockcasbah]

Be cool.

Who really gives a shit?

Sodomites?

 

[Saint Peter]

I can understand picking on the Irish.

they earned it.

 

[Liar]

Poseidon........

The BBC is incorrect.

You're both wrong. That's Ron Perlman. Clearly an Aquaman 2 spoiler.

 

[DanDraper]

Oh no, the old gods are rising



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[Pookie]

Appreciate its coolness.

So cool. Bad hair day, but so cool.

 

[FataMorgana]

It's stunning.

Release the Kraken.

 

[JohnnySavage]

I thought there'd be tits.

 

[Lazaran]

.
Cool pic.

I thought it might be fake, but I actually found a couple similar photos online . None were as dramatic or as clear as that one.

Nice find.

 

[spacekowboy]

It's stunning.

Release the Kraken.

Again? Don't you ever get tired of seeing it?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

It's stunning.

Release the Kraken.

Again? Don't you ever get tired of seeing it?

she could be referring to this:

https://www.venusplc.com/content/images/thumbs/0000428_the-kraken-black-spiced_600.jpeg

I mean, I'd like that released as well.