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Jove

Another name for Jupiter, chief Roman god, often used in poetic and philosophical contexts.

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Also known as supreme Jove, the same Jove, Almighty Jove, Almighty

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Mentioned as a god who, if the poets gave a false representation of him as adulterous, would be expected to avenge the fiction rather than encourage the games.

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In VIII: Mentioned as a god who, if the poets gave a false representation of him as adulterous, would be expected to avenge the fiction rather than encourage the games. Later, in Chapter XII: Mentioned as 'supreme…

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Diverse Historical and Biblical Figures
Pagan Gods of Healing and War
Patriarchs and Pagan Figures
Roman Statesmen and Emperors

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VIII
Mentioned as a god who, if the poets gave a false representation of him as adulterous, would be expected to avenge the fiction rather than encourage the games.
Chapter XII
Mentioned as 'supreme Jove' whose wicked example is used by Terence to encourage youthful lust.
XIV
Roman god to whom the enlargement of kingdoms is unsuitably ascribed; Augustine argues his role is redundant if Victory is a goddess.
Whether it is suitable for good men to wish to rule more widely
Mentioned as a Roman god who is considered idle in the process of empire expansion, contrasted with the true King of kings.
Chapter XVII
Referred to as the imagined king of the gods in pagan belief.
VIII
Referred to as the supreme god from whom the chain of fates hangs.
XXVII
Referenced as Saturn's mightier heir in the poetic account of the gods' genealogy.
Chapter XVII
Referred to as the king of the gods, whose soul is bound to the physical elements of the world.

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