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Wishing to remain neutral and above the fray, Zeus did not vote. Poseidon challenged her to combat, but Zeus intervened and put the matter before a divine tribunal. But Athena later planted the first olive tree beside this well and claimed the city as her own. Poseidon claimed the land by plunging his trident into the ground of the Acropolis and creating a salt-water spring. The most famous of these patronage disputes was the fight over Athens. Poseidon lost both disputes and had to settle for the patronage of various islands and seaports. He contested the patronage of Argos with Hera and the patronage of Corinth with Helius. Poseidon argued more over city patronage than any other Olympian. His subordinate position to Zeus made him sensitive about his other rights. Perhaps for this reason, Poseidon lived not in Olympus, but in an underwater palace off the eastern coast of Greece. He sometimes resented the greater dominion of Zeus. Mythmakers often depicted Poseidon as gruff and quick to anger. Poseidon's domain actually extended beyond the oceans to include freshwater rivers, even though the river gods were the sons of Oceanus and Tethys.
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Poseidon, who won the right to rule the seas, was also the god of horses and of earthquakes. For just as Zeus ruled the sky, Poseidon was lord of the seas and Hades the supreme authority in the dark Underworld. Though not as powerful as their younger brother, Poseidon and Hades could claim to equal his status. The Reign of Thunder and Lightning: Olympus Under Zeus.