Jove
A Roman deity located by Martianus Capella in the second region of the heavens alongside the Novensiles, Mars Quirinus, Juno, and other divine beings.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 BCE
- Attested period
- -700 – 100
- Historical notes
- Attested in Ovid's works as Roman equivalent of Zeus.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mars Quirinus, Military Lar, Hypnos, Amor, Hymen, Jealousy, Auster, Napaeae, guardian daemons, Egeria, Carmentis, Lymphae, Juno, Fons, Muses, novensiles, Camenae, Apollo, Hermes, Sol, Helios, Hera, Cronus, Phaethon, Poseidon, Oceanus, Demeter, Styx, Pallas, Calypso, Iris, Leto, Venus, Mercury, Triton, Pan, Chloris, Nereids, Cybele, Boreas, Zephyrus, Flora, Neptune, Gaia
- enemy of
- giant
Mentioned by
- Egeria
- Carmentis
- Lymphae
- Juno
- Fons
- Muses
- novensiles
- Camenae
- Apollo
- Hermes
- Sol
- Helios
- Hera
- Cronus
- Phaethon
- Poseidon
and 19 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“He locates the Novensiles in the second region of the heavens, with Jove, Mars Quirinus, the "Military Lar," Juno, Fons ("Fountain" or "Source"), and the Lymphae”
#26139 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Roman poet Ovid has Jove (the Roman equivalent of Zeus) swear by the waters of Styx when he promises Semele”
#37370 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The gods intervene to restore order. Jove returns Amor's golden bow”
#38042 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“but Jove (i.e. Jupiter, the Roman Zeus) overwhelms the Giants with his thunderbolts, overturning "from Ossa huge, enormous Pelion".”
#42610 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The second or silver race was degenerate, and refusing to worship the immortal gods, was buried by Jove in the earth.”
#43857 · extracted by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free