Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral · Character

Jove

The Roman king of the gods, invoked in classical allusions.

minor

Also known as Dodonean Jove, the thund’ring Jove, immortal Jove

First appearance: to maecenas

Jove's tie to Niobe is one of the pressures that moves Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

The 'sire of gods and men' who addresses his son, commanding him to descend to earth.

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Jove first appears in 0004 to maecenas.

With Niobe (rivalry): Jove (Zeus) punishes Niobe for her pride, leading to the death of her children in a mythological conflict. With Niobe (rivalry): Jove (Zeus) punishes Niobe for her pride, leading to the death of her children in a mythological conflict.

In An Hymn to Humanity: The 'sire of gods and men' who addresses his son, commanding him to descend to earth.

Later, in II: The sire of gods and men, who views and fixes his empire in the bosoms of the great and good, and addresses his son.

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Rivalry
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Character groups

Mythological and Classical Figures

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Niobe
rivalry · negative
Jove (Zeus) punishes Niobe for her pride, leading to the death of her children in a… How this plays out →
Niobe
rivalry · negative
Jove (Zeus) punishes Niobe for her pride, leading to the death of her children in a… How this plays out →

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An Hymn to Humanity
The 'sire of gods and men' who addresses his son, commanding him to descend to earth.
II
The sire of gods and men, who views and fixes his empire in the bosoms of the great and good, and addresses his son.
Niobe in Distress for Her Children Slain by Apollo, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book VI and from a View of the Painting of Mr. Richard Wilson
Mentioned as the father of Amphion and as Dodonean Jove, from whom Niobe's lineage descends.

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