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Jupiter (from Latin: Iūpiter [ˈjuːpɪtɛr] or Iuppiter [ˈjʊpːɪtɛr],[3] from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus "sky father"),[4] also known as Jove (gen. Iovis [ˈjɔwɪs]), is the god of the sky and thunder and king of the gods 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 offering, or sacrifice.
Jupiter
God of the sky and lightning
Member of the Archaic and Capitoline Triads
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A marble statue of Jupiter (center) from c. 100 AD[a]
Other names
Jove
Venerated in
Imperial cult of ancient Rome
Polytheistic religion
Symbol
Lightning bolt, eagle, oak tree
Personal information
Parents
Saturn and Ops[1][2]
Siblings
Roman tradition: Juno, Ceres, Vesta
Greco-Roman: Pluto and Neptune
Consort
Juno
Children
Hercules, Mars, Vulcan, Bellona, Juventas
Greek equivalent
Zeus
Hinduism equivalent
Indra
Jupiter is usually thought to have originated as an aerial god. His identifying implement is the thunderbolt and his primary sacred animal is the eagle,[5] which held precedence over other birds in the taking of auspices[6] 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.[7] 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 Hill, where the citadel was located. In the Capitoline Triad, he was the central guardian of the state with Juno and Minerva. His sacred tree was the oak.
Statue of Jupiter, Vatican, Rome.
The Romans regarded Jupiter as the equivalent of the Greek Zeus,[8] 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, the Roman equivalents of Poseidon and Hades respectively. 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 identified with Jupiter.[9] Tinia is usually regarded as his Etruscan counterpart.[10]
Decor Fragment of a triumphal arch: The Emperor's Guards, The Praetorian Guard, featured in a relief with an eagle grasping a thunderbolt through its claws; in reference to Roman equivalent form of Jupiter.