Statue of Poseidon with Delphin

This sculpture of a man with the dolphin twined around holding a partly preserved pole (probably a trident) in his right hand. Most likely the sculpture depicts Poseidon and Delphin. Poseidon was the Olympian god of the sea, earthquakes, floods, drought and horses.He was normally depicted as a mature man with a sturdy build and dark beard holding a trident (a three-pronged fisherman's spear). Delphin was a dolphin-shaped sea daemon in the service of the god Poseidon. When his master was wooing the Nereid Amphitrite and she fled, Delphin was sent to find the nymphs and persuade her to agree to the marriage. For his service, Poseidon placed the dolphin amongst the stars as the constellation Delphinus.

这件雕塑刻画了一名周身缠绕着海豚的男子，其右手握持一根残存部分的长杆（大概率为三叉戟（trident））。该雕塑极有可能刻画的是波塞冬（Poseidon）与德尔菲努斯（Delphin）。波塞冬是奥林匹斯海神，同时司掌地震、洪水、干旱与马匹。其经典形象为体格健壮、留深色胡须的成熟男性，手持三叉戟（一种三齿渔矛）。德尔菲努斯是侍奉波塞冬的海豚形海灵。当波塞冬追求涅瑞伊得斯（Nereid）神女安菲特里忒（Amphitrite）而对方逃离时，德尔菲努斯被派去寻找这位仙女并劝服她同意婚事。为表彰其功绩，波塞冬将海豚升为星空之中的德尔菲努斯座（Delphinus）。