Poseidon (disambiguation)
Poseidon is the god of the sea in ancient Greek mythology.
Poseidon may also refer to:
People
- Posidonius, ancient Greek astronomer and geographer
Art, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
- Poseidon (comics), Marvel Universe superhero
- Poseidon (fictional ship), featured in both of Paul Gallico's novels and the four film adaptations
- Poseidon (Saint Seiya), manga villain
Film
- The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film), a 1972 film based on Paul Gallico's novel
- Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, a 1979 sequel to the first film, based on a second book by Paul Gallico that had been commissioned by the film makers
- The Poseidon Adventure (2005 film), a 2005 television film loosely based on Paul Gallico's first novel, as well as the first film
- Poseidon (film), a 2006 film based on Paul Gallico's first novel as well as the first film
Games
- Poseidon: Master of Atlantis, a video game expansion pack
Literature
- "Poseidon" (short story) by Franz Kafka
- The Poseidon Adventure (novel), a 1969 novel by Paul Gallico
Music
- Poseidon (album), by French band Dagoba
- In the Wake of Poseidon, an album by British band King Crimson
Television series
- Poseidon (TV series), 2011 South Korean drama
Astronomy
- 4341 Poseidon, an asteroid
- Poseidon, an obsolete name for Pasiphae, a moon of the planet Jupiter
Aviation, missiles, and satellites
- Boeing P-8 Poseidon, a U.S. Navy anti-submarine military aircraft
- TOPEX/Poseidon, a space mission
- UGM-73 Poseidon, a U.S. Navy nuclear ballistic missile system
- The Poseidon-2 radar altimeter on board the Jason-1 oceanographic satellite
Computing
- PoSeidon (Malware), a virus targeting point-of-sale computer systems
- Poseidon drowning detection system, computer aided swimming pool safety equipment
- Poseidon for UML, an application used to create Unified Modeling Language models
- Poseidon Linux, an operating system
- Poseidon is a specific implementation of the ISO 8583 electronic payment protocol
Resorts
- Poseidon Undersea Resorts
- The Poseidon Garden, a thermal garden in Citara beach, Italy
Ships
- HMS Poseidon (P99), a Royal Navy Parthian-class submarine launched in 1929 and sunk in 1931
- BN Poseidon was 1951–1959 a coastal tanker launched in 1942 as Empire Faun
- SS Poseidon was 1968–1969 a steam cargo ship launched in 1941 as Empire Ballard
- ST Poseidon was 1973–1976 a steam tug launched in 1941 as Empire Fir
- USS Poseidon (ARL-12), a U.S. Navy Achelous-class repair ship launched in 1944 and sold in 1961
Other uses
- Poseidon (horse), an Australian Thoroughbred
- Poseidon bubble, an Australian stock market bubble
- Poseidon, the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ in Atlantic City, New Jersey
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