Jupiter (Latin: Iūpiter or Iuppiter, [6] from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus "sky father" Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς), [7] also known as Jove (nom. and gen. Iovis [ˈjɔwɪs]), is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods in ancient Roman religion and mythology.

2023年8月31日 · Jupiter (or Iuppiter) was the supreme god of the Romans and Latins, a god of the sky and weather as well as a champion of world order, the state, and the Roman Empire. In mythology and art, Jupiter was largely identical with his Greek counterpart Zeus, though the two gods had separate cults.

But Jupiter is the main man, a la Zeus in Greek mythology. Mythology dominated religious culture in Rome up until the point in which Christianity took over. Until that happened, Jupiter was the main deity. He was the god of the sky and, along with the help of the kings of the time, established principles of the Roman religion.

Jupiter, the chief ancient Roman and Italian god. Like Zeus, the Greek god with whom he is etymologically identical (root diu, “bright”), Jupiter was a sky god.

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. Jupiter is more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined. Jupiter is the Roman name of Zeus, the king of gods, the ruler of Olympus.

2022年8月1日 · Jupiter, known as Zeus in Greek mythology, was the king of the gods in Roman mythology. He was considered the equivalent of the Greek god Zeus and held a similar position of power and authority in the Roman pantheon.

Jupiter (Latin: Iuppiter) is the king of the gods in Roman mythology. [1][2][3] He was the god of the sky and thunder. [1] His two brothers were Pluto and Neptune, and his sister was Ceres.

When the Romans became acquainted with the religion of the Greeks, they naturally identified Jupiter with Zeus, and afterwards with the Egyptian Ammon, and in their representations of the god they likewise adopted the type of the Greek Zeus.

Like many of the figures of Roman mythology, Jupiter was appropriated from the Greeks, and is virtually identical to the supreme God Zeus in Greek mythology. Jupiter was known as the Roman god of the heavens and the sky.

Zeus was the king of the ancient Greek gods, and the god of the sky, weather, law and order, destiny and fate. He was depicted as a regal, mature man with a sturdy figure and dark beard. His usual attributes were a lightning bolt, royal sceptre and eagle. His Roman name was Jupiter.