# Jove — The City of God character guide

> Jove in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

**Role:** minor

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

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-book-i

## Who they are

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

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xii)

Mentioned as 'supreme Jove' whose wicked example is used by Terence to encourage youthful lust.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xv)

Mentioned as a Roman god who is considered idle in the process of empire expansion, contrasted with the true King of kings.

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xvii)

Referred to as the imagined king of the gods in pagan belief.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-viii)

Referred to as the supreme god from whom the chain of fates hangs.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-i-xxvii)

Referenced as Saturn's mightier heir in the poetic account of the gods' genealogy.

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xvii)

Referred to as the king of the gods, whose soul is bound to the physical elements of the world.

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