People will pray or sometimes will give sacrifices to him like drowning a horse.
Presumably alongside Poseidon.
i know of two city states that worshipped him Athens and Crete king Minos worshipped him allot
Because he was the second most powerful god. I hope this help:)
In Corinth, he was the main god worshipped, as well as in many cities of Magna Graecia (Great Greece). He was the second most important god in Athens, Athena being the main goddess worshipped.
Poseidon was named before Neptune. Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea and was worshipped by ancient Greeks. The planet Neptune was discovered much later, in 1846, and was named after the Roman god of the sea, Neptune, who is equivalent to Poseidon in Greek mythology.
Presumably alongside Poseidon.
i know of two city states that worshipped him Athens and Crete king Minos worshipped him allot
Because he was the second most powerful god. I hope this help:)
As the Greek goddess of the sea, presumably she was worshiped alongside her husband, Poseidon.
she worshipped people by giving them honey and a trident from her dad, the most powerful god, poseidon
In Corinth, he was the main god worshipped, as well as in many cities of Magna Graecia (Great Greece). He was the second most important god in Athens, Athena being the main goddess worshipped.
Poseidon was named before Neptune. Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea and was worshipped by ancient Greeks. The planet Neptune was discovered much later, in 1846, and was named after the Roman god of the sea, Neptune, who is equivalent to Poseidon in Greek mythology.
for the same reason they worshipped all the other gods... fear- they worshipped these gods in hope they would be in control over things whihc they had no explaination for - crop cycles, thunderbolds, big waves, etc
There is no equivalent in Egyptian Mythology, but the closest would be Yam (Yamm) who was worshipped as the God of the Sea during Ancient Egyptian times.
The Ancient Greeks revered Pluto as the ruler of the underworld, while Zeus ruled the heavens and Poseidon ruled the seas. See the related link below for more:
Zeus, Hades, Demeter, Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Hera, Aphrodite, Dionysus, Poseidon, Athena. That's not all but those are the big wigs I can remember.
Poseidon's sacred animal is the horse. He created horses out of sea foam, thus becoming his form of transportation.