The origins of Jupiter as a God can be traced back to the Proto-Indo-European sky god Dyeus, who was identically related to Zeus in Greek mythology in a close sense. In early Rome, he was part of ...

A stunning fresco discovered in Pompeii depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter and Leda, the Greek mythical queen ...

In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state religion – called the di consentes – paralleled the gods of Greek mythology ... gods were Jupiter (protector of ...