Interpretatio graeca, or "interpretation by means of Greek ", refers to the tendency of the ancient Greeks to identify foreign deities with their own gods. It is a discourse used to interpret or attem
A Roman wall painting showing the Egyptian goddess Isis (seated right) welcoming the Greek heroine Io to Egypt
A Roman fresco from Herculaneum depicting Hercules (from Etruscan Hercle and ultimately Greek Heracles) and Achelous (patron deity of the Achelous River in Greece) from Greco-Roman mythology, 1st century AD
Gilt bronze head from the cult statue of Sulis Minerva from the Temple at Bath
Jupiter Ammon (terracotta of Hellenistic style, 1st century AD)
Poseidon is one of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. He was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hell
Interpretatio graeca
…Auster Odysseus Ulysses (Ulixes) Uthste Palaemon Portunus Pan Faunus Min Persephone Proserpina Persipnei Phaon Phaun Pheme Fama Phosphoros Lucifer Attar Poseidon Neptune Nethuns Sobek Yam Apam Napat Priapus Mutunus Tutunus Prometheus Prumathe Rhea Ops / Magna Mater Nut Asherah Selene Luna Losna / Tiur Isis Silenus…
The Poseidon of Melos, a statue of Poseidon found in Milos in 1877
Poseidon greeting Theseus (on the right). Detail, Attic red-figured calyx-krater by Syriscos Painter, 450-500BC from Agrigento. BnF Museum (Cabinet des médailles), Paris
Poseidon pursuing a woman, probably by Achilleus painter, 480–450BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan NY
Statue of Poseidon in Germany by Johann David Räntz and Lorenz Wilhelm Räntz (1760).