Homer uses for Poseidon the title Kyanochaites (), "dark-haired, dark blue of the sea". Epithets like Pelagios () "of the open sea",Nilsson Vol I p.449 Aegeus (), "of the high sea" in the town of Aegae in Euboea, where he had a magnificent temple upon a hill,Strabo, ix. p. 405Virgil, Aeneid iii. 74, where Servius erroneously derives the name from the Aegean Sea Pontomedon ()," lord of the sea" (Pindar, Aeschylus) and Kymothales (), "abounding with waves", indicate that Poseidon was regarded as holding sway over the sea. Other epithets that relate him with the sea are, Porthmios (), "of strait, narrow sea" at Karpathos, Epactaeus () "god worshipped on the coast", in Samos, Alidoupos, () "sea resounding". The master of the sea who can cause devastating storms is also the protector of seafarers and he was given the epithet sōtēr (), "savior".
Homer uses for Poseidon the title Kyanochaites (), "dark-haired, dark blue of the sea". Epithets like Pelagios () "of the open sea",Nilsson Vol I p.449 Aegeus (), "of the high sea" in the town of Aegae in Euboea, where he had a magnificent temple upon a hillStrabo, ix. p. 405Virgil, Aeneid iii. 74, where Servius erroneously derives the name from the Aegean Sea Pontomedon ()," lord of the sea" (Pindar, Aeschylus) and Kymothales (), "abounding with waves", indicate that Poseidon was regarded as holding sway over the sea. Other epithets that relate him with the sea are, Porthmios (), "of strait, narrow sea" at Karpathos, Epactaeus () "god worshipped on the coast", in Samos, Alidoupos, () "sea resounding". The master of the sea who can cause devastating storms is also the protector of seafarers and he was given the epithet sōtēr (), "savior".