Poseidon (2019)
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Poseidon was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.
Poseidon was protector of seafarers, and of many Hellenic cities and colonies. Athena became the patron goddess of the city of Athens after a competition with Poseidon. They agreed that each would give the Athenians one gift and the Athenians would choose whichever gift they preferred. Poseidon struck the ground with his trident and a spring sprang up; the water was salty and not very useful, whereas Athena offered them an olive tree. The Athenians or their king, Cecrops, accepted the olive tree and along with it Athena as their patron, for the olive tree brought wood, oil and food. After the fight, infuriated at his loss, Poseidon sent a monstrous flood to the Attic Plain, to punish the Athenians for not choosing him. The contest of Athena and Poseidon was the subject of the reliefs on the western pediment of the Parthenon. In Homer's Iliad, Poseidon supports the Greeks against the Trojans during the Trojan War and in the Odyssey, during the sea-voyage from Troy back home to Ithaca, the Greek hero Odysseus provokes Poseidon's fury by blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, resulting in Poseidon punishing him with storms, the complete loss of his ship and companions, and a ten-year delay. Poseidon is also the subject of a Homeric hymn. In Plato's Timaeus and Critias, the island of Atlantis was Poseidon's domain. |
Greek God Poseidon
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Building Poseidon
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Building our robot has gone through many stages. From receiving the FIRST GLOBAL kit in late August and discussing our initial ideas about design and strategy, to following a cycle of brainstorming, evaluating ideas, designing, evaluating design, building, evaluating builds and re-evaluating all from the beginning.
This procedure was tough but rich and helped all of us reach high levels of collaboration, engineering and programming awareness. |
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