Jupiter

  • Jupiter was one of the Twelve Gods in the Roman Pantheon, known to the Greeks as Zeus.
  • Jupiter was the Greatest God in the Roman Pantheon and was the King of Heaven over all the other Gods.

Temple of Jupiter

  • Jupiter was worshipped in the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in Rome.
  • He was one of the Capitoline Triad of Gods, along with Juno his Queen, and Minerva.

Jove

  • Jupiter was also known as Iovi or Jove.
  • The phrase by Jove originally derives from a Latin oath: ‘I swear by Jove that..’

 

Temple of Jupiter, Rome

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