# Jupiter — Leviathan character guide

> Jupiter in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the same Jupiter

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-of-man

## Who they are

Chief Roman god, used as an example of pagan religion.

## In the story

### [X: Of Power, Worth, Dignity, Honour, and Worthiness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/x-of-power-worth-dignity-honour-and-worthiness)

Cited as an example of ancient heathen honouring the gods through poems that celebrated his adulteries, illustrating that honour consists in the opinion of power.

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