The StormJove descends in sleet and snow,
Howls the vexed and angry deep; Every stream forgets to flow, Bound in winter's icy sleep, Ocean wave and forest hoar To the blast responsive roar.Drive the tempest from your door, Blaze on blaze your hearthstone piling, And unmeasured goblets pour Brimful, high with nectar smiling. Then, beneath your poet's head Be a downy pillow spread. --Alcaeus, 610 B.C. Translated from Greek by John Hermann Merivale |
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Jupiter (Latin: Iuppiter) or Jove is the king of the gods and the god of sky and thunder. Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman state religion throughout the Republican and Imperialeras, until the Empire came under Christian rule. Jupiter is usually thought to have originated as a sky god. His identifying implement is the thunderbolt, and his primary sacred animal is the eagle
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