Legend of Poseidon

Poseidon was the god of the sea, son of the titan Cronos and Rhea, brother of Zeus and of Hades, he was the husband of Amphitrite, one of the Nereids with whom he had a son Triton. He had many loves with nymphs, of springs and fountains, father of the giant Orion, and of the Cyclops Polyphemus. Ride over the seas on the back of great white horses, with golden mane, copper hooves, and jump over the falls.
According to Homer with his trident he makes springs, fountains, when and where he wants. Poseidon and the Gorgon medusa, were the parents of Pegasus the famous winged horse, and Chrisaor the one with the golden sword. He challenged Athena for control of Athens but was unsuccessful. When he and the god Apollo decided to help Laomedon king of Troy to build the wall, he did not want to pay them the agreed salary, the revenge of Poseidon against Troy he had no mercy. He sent a sea monster to destroy the earth, in the Trojan War he was on the side of the Greeks.
When his figure is represented, they do it as a majestic man with a long beard, with a trident in his hand, sometimes accompanied by a dolphin, or in a chariot drawn by marine figures.
The Isthmite games that were held every two years in Corinth were in homage to this god. The Romans identified him with Neptune.
Plato tells that Poseidon He was the ruler of Atlantis, and he lived on the highest mountain, with a companion Klito with whom he had twins, one of them was Atlas.