Jupiter (god)
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In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Jupiter, also known as Jove, is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods. Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman state religion throughout the Republ
A marble statue of Jupiter, Louvre
Detail of relief from the Augustan Altar of Peace, showing flamines wearing the pointed apex
Statue of Jupiter, Vatican, Rome.
Jupiter's head crowned with laurel and ivy. Sardonyx cameo (Louvre)
Zeus
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Zeus is the supreme deity of the Greek pantheon. He is a sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.
Jupiter (god)
…religion and mythology, Jupiter (Latin: Iūpiter or Iuppiter, from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus "sky father"; Ancient Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς), also known as Jove (nom. and gen. Iovis ), is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods. Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman state…
Zeus of Otricoli, a late Hellenistic or early Imperial bust after a 4th-century BC Greek statue
"Cave of Zeus", Mount Ida, Crete
Fresco of enthroned Zeus/Jupiter, Pompeii, House of the Dioscuri, 62-79 CE.
Zeus (centre left) battles against Porphyrion (far right), detail of the Gigantomachy frieze from the Pergamon Altar, Pergamon Museum, Berlin