Neptune was named after Poseidon, because Neptune is Roman, and the Romans adopted the Greek gods, they just gave them new names.
In Roman Mythology Poseidon was named Neptune.This is the origin of The Planet Neptune's name.
Poseidon's Roman name is Neptune.
Poseidon's Greek name was Poseidon. Poseidon's Roman name was Neptune.
Neptune was the ROMAN god to which the ROMAN people identified with the GREEK sea god, Poseidon.
Poseidon. Answer 2: Well, Poseidon was the Greek god. In Rome he was Neptunus (Neptune).
Neptune was named after Poseidon
Poseidon's Roman name is Neptune. So the 8th planet from the sun is named after Poseidon.
it symbolizes poseidon because neptune is named after poseidon
Neptune was the Roman version of Poseidon so planet Neptune is named after it.
Neptune
Neptune is named after the Roman god whom the Romans identified with Poseidon.
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 Greeks called poseidon" poseidon'' and the Romans called poseidon "neptune".
Neptune is the Roman god of the sea. He is "named" after the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon. Neptune is also the name of a planet in the solar system.
Neptune is named after Neptune, the Roman god of water and the sea, the brother of Jupiter and Pluto. Neptune's equivalent in Greek mythology is Poseidon. Neptune was named after a sea god because the planet looked like a big blue ocean.
The planet Neptune is named after the Roman god Neptune, the god of the sea. Neptune is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Poseidon.
In Roman mythology Neptune (Greek: Poseidon) was the god of the Sea.