Does Amphitrite (Poseidons wife) call Poseidon my lord ?
It’s simply a form of address. ‘My lord’ can be used to refer to a husband by a wife, just as ‘my lady’ can be used by a husband to refer to his wife. It is especially common in ancient and medieval cultures. In the case of Amphitrite and Poseidon, there is a huge power-gap between them, yes which may also be part of the reason. Also, remember that in a lot of ancient Greece, wives were seen more as property than as equals. Women were totally under the dominion of their husbands. In Rome, an unmarried woman even had a ‘tutor’ or person who was responsible for her. One ancient Athenian saying was that: “Wives are for producing children and hetaerae (mistresses and/or prostitutes) are for pleasure”- that kind of sums up the attitudes. And since the gods were envisaged to act as humans did, it would be that Almphitrite was very much a subordinate to Poseidon. Oh, and don’t just assume marriage=love in ancient Greece! Even for gods! A lot of marriages were arranged. Aphrodite, for example,
