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 (fictional ship), featured in both of Paul Gallico's novels and the four film adaptations
  • Poseidon (Saint Seiya), manga villain

Film

Games

  • Poseidon: Master of Atlantis, a video game expansion pack

Books and comics

Music

Television series

  • Poseidon (TV series), 2011 South Korean drama
  • Jacob Anton Ness, a fictional character from Prison Break known as "Poseidon"

Astronomy

Aviation, missiles, satellites, and underwater drones

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

Ships

  • HMS Poseidon (P99), a Royal Navy Parthian-class submarine launched in 1929 and sunk in 1931
  • Poseidon (A-12), a Spanish Navy salvage and support vessel for submarines
  • 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

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