# Jupiter — Dialogues character guide

> Jupiter in Dialogues by Seneca.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-i

## Who they are

King of the gods, invoked in mythological and moral examples.

## Relationships

### [Caligula](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_2_se/characters/caligula)

_psychological_

Caligula claims to be Jupiter incarnate, a delusional obsession that drives his tyrannical behavior.

### [Caligula](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_2_se/characters/caligula)

_psychological_

Caligula claims to be Jupiter incarnate, a delusional obsession that drives his tyrannical behavior.

## In the story

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_2_se/chapters/xvi)

Mentioned as the god to whom poets attribute the doubling of the night for voluptuous desires, serving as an example that fuels human vices.

### [Why Do Many Things Turn Out Badly for Good Men?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_2_se/chapters/ii)

Depicted as the god who might behold Cato's struggle as a worthy spectacle.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_2_se/chapters/xxvi)

Used as an analogy for the wise man's tolerance of idle talk and false accusations, like the gods enduring poets' fables.

### [The True Nature of Benefits](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_2_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned as the father of the Graces in Chrysippus's argument.

### [Chapter VII: The Many Names of the Divine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_2_se/chapters/vii)

Cited as one of the many rightful titles for the divine, specifically as 'Best and Greatest' and 'the Stayer'.

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