And the Greeks called him Poseidon.
The Romans called him Neptune.
The Romans called him Neptune.
Poseidon was/is the Greek name for the god of the sea. The Romans called him Neptune.
Neptune was the ROMAN god to which the ROMAN people identified with the GREEK sea god, Poseidon.
The Roman god of the sea was Neptunus (Neptune).
Neptune always carried his trident with him.
Because, Neptune is the name of the Roman Sea God.
The Planet Neptune was re-named by the Romans for the Roman Sea God, Neptune, in the tradition of the Greeks.
The Romans, not the Greeks, named the planet Neptune after the Roman god of the sea. They chose this name because the blue color of the planet reminded them of the sea, and they wanted to follow the tradition of naming planets after Roman deities.
The god is Neptune, king of the sea. But Neptune is not greek. The god of the sea in greek mythology is Poseidon. But Neptune it actually a roman god :P The Roman god Neptune is the same as the Greek god Poseidon, just with a different name. But the planet Neptune is named after the Roman version, not the Greek.
The Romans called him Neptune. The Greeks called him Poseidon.
Neither. Neptune is named after the Roman god of the sea, also called Neptune.