In the earliest poems, Poseidon is described as indeed equal to Zeus in dignity, but weaker. According to others, again, he was brought up by the Telchines at the request of Rhea. 5 According to Tzetzes 6 the nurse of Poseidon bore the name of Arne when Cronus searched after his son, Arne is said to have declared that she knew not where he was, and from her the town of Arne was believed to have received its name.
A well in the neighborhood of Mantineia, where this is said to have happened, was believed, from this circumstance, to have derived the name of the "Lamb's Well," or Arne. 4 According to others, he was concealed by Rhea, after his birth, among a flock of lambs, and his mother pretended to have given birth to a young horse, which she gave to Cronus to devour. Like his brothers and sisters, he was, after his birth, swallowed by his father Cronus, but thrown up again. 2 He was accordingly a brother of Zeus, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter, and it was determined by lot that he should rule over the sea. 1 He was a son of Cronus and Rhea, whence he is called Kronios ( Κρόνιος) and by Latin poets Saturnius. His name seems to be connected with πότος ( potos), πόντος ( pontos), and ποταμός ( potamos), according to which he is the god of the fluid element.
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