Like the rest of the Greek pantheon, Poseidon was a fickle god, sometimes sending storms and drowning sailors for little discernible reason. The Greek God of the sea was Poseidon, who became Neptune in the Roman tradition. This aquatic overlord wielded a trident and summoned storms to punish ...
As the Romans took over from the Greeks, Hephaestus was adapted into theRoman God Vulcanlike the other deities of the Greek pantheon; Zeus (Jupiter), Hera (Juno), Athena (Minerva), Ares (Mars), Hermes (Mercury), Aphrodite (Venus), Poseidon (Neptune), Demeter (Ceres), Artemis (Diana) a...