JupiterNotes
... Jupiter was too powerful to be harmed by his wife Juno but he had to be discrete because her rage was taken out on the helpless girls that caught his eye. He often appeared in the guise of a someone or something else. In the case of Alkmene, Jupiter chose the form of her husband Amphitrion. With Le ...
... Jupiter was too powerful to be harmed by his wife Juno but he had to be discrete because her rage was taken out on the helpless girls that caught his eye. He often appeared in the guise of a someone or something else. In the case of Alkmene, Jupiter chose the form of her husband Amphitrion. With Le ...
Jupiter Jupiter is the “supreme god of the Pagans.” Everything about
... life,” Jupiter had the power over life and death. Jupiter’s reign was not as great as his father’s. People were not as happy with Jupiter so they called the time of his leadership, “the silver age.” Jupiter never comes to earth to visit man, but remains on his throne as ruler. Jupiter is best known ...
... life,” Jupiter had the power over life and death. Jupiter’s reign was not as great as his father’s. People were not as happy with Jupiter so they called the time of his leadership, “the silver age.” Jupiter never comes to earth to visit man, but remains on his throne as ruler. Jupiter is best known ...
Jupiter (mythology)
Jupiter (Latin: Iuppiter; /ˈjʊpɪtɛr/; genitive case: Iovis; /ˈjɔːwɪs/) or Jove is the king of the gods and the god of sky and thunder in Ancient Roman religion and mythology. Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman state religion throughout the Republican and Imperial eras, until Christianity became the dominant religion of the Empire. In Roman mythology, he negotiates with Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, to establish principles of Roman religion such as sacrifice.Jupiter is usually thought to have originated as a sky god. His identifying implement is the thunderbolt and his primary sacred animal is the eagle, which held precedence over other birds in the taking of auspices and became one of the most common symbols of the Roman army (see Aquila). The two emblems were often combined to represent the god in the form of an eagle holding in its claws a thunderbolt, frequently seen on Greek and Roman coins. As the sky-god, he was a divine witness to oaths, the sacred trust on which justice and good government depend. Many of his functions were focused on the Capitoline (""Capitol Hill""), where the citadel was located. He was the chief deity of the early Capitoline Triad with Mars and Quirinus. In the later Capitoline Triad, he was the central guardian of the state with Juno and Minerva. His sacred tree was the oak.The Romans regarded Jupiter as the equivalent of the Greek Zeus, and in Latin literature and Roman art, the myths and iconography of Zeus are adapted under the name Iuppiter. In the Greek-influenced tradition, Jupiter was the brother of Neptune and Pluto. Each presided over one of the three realms of the universe: sky, the waters, and the underworld. The Italic Diespiter was also a sky god who manifested himself in the daylight, usually but not always identified with Jupiter. Tinia is usually regarded as his Etruscan counterpart.