Diespiter
deity underworld Roman religion single tradition · 1
In the Apocolocyntosis, Diespiter is presented as the child of Vica Pota and is treated as a separate deity from Jupiter, possibly a chthonic version of the god. Arthur Bernard Cook suggested he might be regarded as the chthonic Dispater.
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“In the Apocolocyntosis, Vica Pota is the mother of Diespiter; although usually identified with Jupiter, Diespiter is here treated as a separate deity, and in the view of Arthur Bernard Cook should perhaps be regarded as the chthonic Dispater.”
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