Poseidon (disambiguation)

Poseidon (Ποσειδων) is the god of the sea in ancient Greek mythology.

Poseidon may also refer to:

People

 * Posidonius, ancient Greek astronomer and geographer

Fictional characters

 * Poseidon (Saint Seiya), manga deity character based on the Greek god
 * Poseidon (DC Comics), a deity character based on the Greek god
 * Jacob Anton Ness, a fictional character from Prison Break known as "Poseidon"
 * Poseidon "Postie" Paterson, a fictional character from the Selby novel series

Places

 * Poseidon Ocean, an ocean that once existed during the Mesoproterozoic
 * Poseidon Pass, a pass on the Antarctic Peninsula
 * Poseidon Pond, a pond in Antarctica

In space

 * 4341 Poseidon, an asteroid
 * Poseidon, an obsolete name for Pasiphae, a moon of the planet Jupiter

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
 * USS Poseidon: Phantom Below, a 2006 film

Literature

 * "Poseidon" (short story) by Franz Kafka
 * The Poseidon Adventure (novel), a 1969 novel by Paul Gallico.

Music

 * Poseidon (album), by French band Dagoba
 * Poseidon (EP), by The Mavis's
 * In the Wake of Poseidon, an album by British band King Crimson
 * Poseidon (Keep me Safe), a 2017 song by Dhani Harrison from In Parallel

Other A&E properties

 * Poseidon: Master of Atlantis, a videogame expansion pack
 * WinBack 2: Project Poseidon, a third-person shooter videogame
 * Poseidon (TV series), 2011 South Korean drama

Sports

 * Poseidon (horse), an Australian Thoroughbred
 * Pärnu JK Poseidon, Parnu, Estonia; a soccer team
 * Poseidon Neon Poron, Neon Poron, Greece; a soccer team

Groups, organizations, companies

 * Poseidon School, Los Angeles, California, USA; a private day school
 * Poseidon Society, a funerary company
 * Poseidon Press, a defunct American publishing house
 * Poseidon Expeditions, an expedition cruise tour operator

Transportation and vehicles

 * Boeing P-8 Poseidon, a U.S. made anti-submarine military aircraft
 * TOPEX/Poseidon, an oceanographic satellite and space mission
 * UGM-73 Poseidon, a U.S. Navy nuclear ballistic missile system
 * Poseidon, Russian nuclear-powered nuclear-armed unmanned underwater vehicle

Ships

 * Poseidon (ship name)
 * HMS Poseidon, 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, a U.S. Navy Achelous-class repair ship launched in 1944 and sold in 1961
 * GREEK SUBMARINE Poseidon, a Gato-class submarine
 * Poseidon-class submarine, a Greek submarine class

Computing and technology

 * PoSeidon (Malware), a virus targeting point-of-sale computer systems
 * Poseidon drowning detection system, computer aided swimming pool safety equipment
 * Poseidon Linux, an operating system
 * Poseidon, a specific implementation of the ISO 8583 electronic payment protocol
 * Poseidon, a series of space-based radar altimeters
 * Poseidon-1, a CNES-built Ku-band radar altimeter aboard TOPEX/Poseidon oceanographic satellite
 * Poseidon-2, a radar altimeter on board the Jason-1 oceanographic satellite
 * Poseidon-3, a radar altimeter on board the OSTM/Jason-2 oceanographic satellite
 * Poseidon-3B, a radar altimeter on board the Jason-3 oceanographic satellite

Other uses

 * Poseidon bubble, an Australian stock market bubble
 * Poseidon, the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ in Atlantic City, New Jersey
 * Poseidon (species), species with the specifier poseidon