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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
Jupiter (Latin Iuppiter; rarely Iupiter) was king of the Latin and Roman gods. His name derives from the
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A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
The chief patriarch of the Roman pantheon, god of sky and thunderbolts, protector of oaths, was widely worshipped in Romano-Celtic
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The Oxford Companion to Chaucer
1 Ancient Italian god of the sky, connected with the Greek Zeus. The Jupiter cult assumed great importance in the
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A Dictionary of the Bible (2 ed.)
The chief god in the Roman pantheon, equivalent to the Greek Zeus, to whom many temples were dedicated in the
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World Encyclopedia
King of the Roman gods, identified with the Greek god Zeus. He could take on various forms: the light-bringer
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John Scheid
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
sovereign god of the Romans, bears a name referring to the ‘luminous sky’ (†Dyew-pater), the first member of which is etymologically identical with that of ...
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A Dictionary of World Mythology
Or Jove. The Latin version of the Indo-European sky god. Together with Juno and Minerva, he formed the trinity of
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)
in Roman mythology, the chief god of the Roman state religion, giver of victory, originally a sky god associated with thunder and lightning. His wife was Juno. Also called ...
