# Jove — Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral character guide

> Jove in Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley.

**Role:** minor

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

**First appearance:** 0004-to-maecenas

## Who they are

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

## Relationships

### [Niobe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/characters/niobe)

_rivalry_

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

### [Niobe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/characters/niobe)

_rivalry_

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

## In the story

### [An Hymn to Humanity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/an-hymn-to-humanity)

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

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poems_on_various_subjects_religious_and_moral_se/chapters/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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