Poséidon

One of the twelve Olympians presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses

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What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani returns to Poseidon mainly through his temple at Cape Sounion, which, he says, turns its back on the infinity of the sea1 2. He takes up this image from one session to the next, from 2016 to 2025. In 2025 he refines it: the temple marks the boundary between the human world and the infinite, which is the domain of the gods3. He also links Poseidon to what he calls Greek immanence: for the Greeks, the ocean is someone and not something; it is the god's dwelling, which makes it an example of the immanent divine4 5. In the same vein, he recalls that storms were attributed to him6. Finally, he brings him up in connection with the Odyssey: Poseidon's vengeance keeps Ulysses from reaching Ithaca for ten years and drives him from island to island7. He relates this wandering to questions about the edge, passage, roots and migration.

Summary produced automatically from 9 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.

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Poseidon (; Ancient Greek: Ποσειδῶν, romanised: Poseidôn) 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 Hellenic cities and colonies. In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, Poseidon was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes, with the cult title "earth shaker"; in the myths of isolated Arcadia, he is related to Demeter and Despoina and was venerated as a horse, and as a god of the waters. […]

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