In Roman mythology, Jupiter or Jove was the king of the gods, and the god of sky and thunder. He is the equivalent of Zeus in the Greek pantheon. He was called Iuppiter (or Diespiter) Optimus Maximus ("Father God the Best and Greatest"); as the patron deity of the Roman state, he ruled over laws and social order. He was the chief god of the Capitoline Triad, with sister/wife Juno. In Latin mythology Jupiter is the father of the god Mars with Juno...
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In Roman mythology, Jupiter or Jove was the king of the gods, and the god of sky and thunder. He is the equivalent of Zeus in the Greek pantheon. He was called Iuppiter (or Diespiter) Optimus Maximus ("Father God the Best and Greatest"); as the patron deity of the Roman state, he ruled over laws and social order. He was the chief god of the Capitoline Triad, with sister/wife Juno. In Latin mythology Jupiter is the father of the god Mars with Juno. Therefore, Jupiter is the grandfather of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. He is also the father of Persephone, and disputedly the father of Mercury. Jupiter was venerated in ancient Roman religion, and is still venerated in Roman Neopaganism. He is the son of Saturn, with brothers Neptune and Pluto.
Iuppiter originated as a vocative compound of the archaic Latin vocative *Iou and pater ("father") and came to replace the archaic Latin nominative case *Ious. Jove is a less common English formation based on Iov-, the stem of...
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