Note to A Midsummer's Night Dream, 2.1.126: "sat with me on Neptune's yellow sands"

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Neptune: In Roman religion and mythology: the god of the sea, corresponding to the Greek Poseidon. Also in allusive use, or as a personification of the sea. —OED Oxford English Dictionary

Neptune, God of the sea, earthquakes, hurricanes and horses
by Mosaïque d'Hadrumète (Sousse) mid-third century AD
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