King Triton, the mascot of the University of California, San Diego, holds a trident, and the trident is omnipresent in UCSD’s athletic gear.

The trident was used as the original cap insignia and original logo for the Seattle Mariners. Although the Mariners changed their cap insignia & logo away from a trident theme in 1993, the club allows players to use a trident as a prop after hitting home runs during games. The trident prop used by the team is a replica from the 2018 film Aquaman. [31] Zeus and his brothers divided the realms of the world between them. While he shared the rule of the Earth and Mount Olympus with his brothers, Poseidon took control of the sea and made his home there. a b March, Jennifer R. (2014). Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Oxbow Books. p.115. ISBN 978-1782976356. Trudy Ring; Robert M. Salkin; Sharon La Boda, eds. (1995). International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe. Taylor & Francis. p.180. ISBN 1884964028.Wilkins, Ann Thomas (2000), "Bernini and Ovid: Expanding the Concept of Metamorphosis", International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 6 (3): 403–404 JSTOR 30222585 Finally, Gaia told Zeus and his brothers how they could win a definitive victory. If they freed her long-imprisoned children they could defeat Cronus and the Titans for good. In Greek mythology, when the Titans were defeated by the Olympian gods in the Titanomachy, the world was divided among the victorious Olympians, with Poseidon receiving dominion over the seas. The trident became his primary symbol and tool, granting him control over the waters and the ability to create storms, cause earthquakes, and manipulate the oceans as he pleased. Who Was Poseidon in Greek Mythology? Zeus received his iconic thunderbolts while Hades took a helmet that granted its wearer invisibility. Poseidon received his trident. Some historians have suggested that the labrys, which was used in both Minoan and Lydian iconography, was an early symbol for both king gods. As Poseidon and Zeus’s roles were separated, their weapons were changed to ones that identified them by the realm they controlled.

Poseidon, as well as being the god of the sea, was also known as the "Earth Shaker", [7] believed to cause earthquakes; [8] [a] some commentators [ who?] have extrapolated that the god would have used the trident to cause them, [9] possibly by striking the earth. [ citation needed] Christian Cameron was clearly constrained by the historical timeline here. What happens between Greece and Persia after Marathon? Not much for about 10 years. Instead of skipping ahead those 10 years, Cameron opts to tell a transitional side story. A transition novel like this needs to focus on setting the stage so the next one can come running out of the gate, or focus on some significant character development. This does neither, and feels completely pointless as a result. a b Brumble, H. David (2013). Classical Myths and Legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance: A Dictionary of Allegorical Meanings. Routledge. p.243. ISBN 978-1136797385.After an okay first book with Killer of Men, I figured I'd continue with this series just to see if it gets better. The second book Marathon was a huge improvement and convinced me this will be a series I'll enjoy following. Now Poseidon's Spear has killed my will to continue. Oceanus normally should not carry a trident, allowing him to be clearly distinguished from Poseidon. However, there is conflation of the deities in Romano-British iconography, and examples exist where the crab-claw headed Oceanus also bears a trident. [16] [17] Oceanus holding a trident has been found on Romano-British coinage as well. [b] [18] According to some accounts, the Titan War dragged on for ten years in a stalemate. Both sides were evenly matched, with the Titans being stronger but the younger gods having more wits and strategy.

Williams, J. H. C. (1999), "Septimius Severus and Sol, Carausius and Oceanus: two new Roman acquisitions at the British Museum", The Numismatic Chronicle, 159: 310–311 JSTOR 42668508 A number of structures in the biological world are described as trident in appearance. Since at least the late 19th century the trident shape was applied to certain botanical shapes; for example, certain orchid flora were described as having trident-tipped lips in early botanical works. [32] Furthermore, in current botanical literature, certain bracts are stated to have a trident-shape (e.g. Douglas-fir). [33] Gallery [ edit ]A weapon of South-East Asian (particularly Thai) depiction of Hanuman, a character of Ramayana. [ citation needed] Miscellaneous [ edit ] Eve, George W. (1907). "Heraldic birds and other figures". Heraldry as Art: An Account of Its Development and Practice, Chiefly in England. Batsford. p. 95. It was cool and all but mostly this story feels like a spin-off or filler episode rather than the next chapter of the Long War Saga. Yes, the real life chronology presents an obvious need to fill the timeline with something between Marathon and Salamis and I guess this will do, but there's a lot of retreading old ground in Arimnestos' character development and the story itself is a shift in genre to heroic adventure novel from the historical theme park ride of the previous two. In heraldry within the UK, the trident is often held by the figure identified as either a Neptune or a triton, [e] [23] [24] or a merman. [f] [25] Roman, Luke; Roman, Monica (2010). Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology. Infobase Publishing. p.418. ISBN 978-1438126395.