Glossary entry

Greek term or phrase:

Αλογάρης Ποσειδώνας, ίππιος Ποσειδών

English translation:

Poseidon, creator of the horse

Added to glossary by Nick Lingris
Feb 25, 2007 16:11
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Greek term

Αλογάρης Ποσειδώνας

Greek to English Other Archaeology mythology
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Discussion

Ioanna Karamanou Feb 25, 2007:
Could we have a bit more context? Actual context might be helpful, as it doesn't bring any specific name to mind yet Poseidon was also considered the god of horses and he also transformed himself into a stallion to conquer his sister, Demeter. Perhaps that is what it is referring to?

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Poseidon, creator of the horse

This is a modern Greek version of the ancient Greek ίππιος, used for Poseidon, for example in Aristophanes' The Clouds:
τον Ποσειδώ τουτονί τον ίππιον

According to LSJ, ίππιος = creator of the horse.
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&rls=GGGL...


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Note added at 56 mins (2007-02-25 17:07:28 GMT)
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Here: http://www.geocities.com/athens_5th_century/NEFELES.htm

Ναι, μα τον αλογάρη τον Ποσειδώνα.
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Poseidon as a horseman

Νομίζω ότι αναφέρεται στον Ποσειδώνα σε ορισμένες απεικονίσεις όπου οδηγεί το άρμα με λευκά άλογα στα κύματα...

In at least one Greek vase painting Poseidon is shown in a scene of the Gigantomachia riding on the back of a horse. So the imagery of Poseidon the horseman was not unknown...
http://www.mythography.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1058&s...

JSTOR: The Utilisation of Old Epigraphic CopiesPoseidon as a horseman is unusual in Greek art, but the Anatolian god is usually a horseman, often carrying a battle-axe on his shoulder. XII. ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0075-4269(1918)38%3C124%3ATUOOEC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-O
This horseman aspect of the sea-god is merely poetical. Do we not still speak of the sea's 'white horses'? The racing, crested waves are galloping, rearing steeds."

This explanation we might perhaps regard as valid did Poseidon appear only in poetry as horseman. But it is another matter when we find him so figured in early art. On a fragment of Corinthian pottery not later than the seventh century B.C., Poseidon is represented riding on a horse. In his right hand he holds his trident fishing-spear, an attribute surely not of much use to the horseman! Then again, when we come to the ritual of Poseidon, we find that horses were solemnly sacrificed to him. Every ninth year, in Illyria, a yoke of four horses was sunk in the waters. Again, Pausanias tells us that the Argives threw horses bitted and bridled into Dione in honour of Poseidon. There is here no question of the "white horses" of the sea, for Dione, we know, was a fresh-water spring.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/mgr/mgr12.htm
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