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Like Ares who was the son of Zeus and Hera, [20] Mars is usually considered to be the son of Jupiter and Juno. In Ovid's version of Mars' origin, he was the son of Juno alone. Jupiter had usurped the accepted function of women as mothers when he gave birth to Minerva directly from his forehead (or mind).
Mars, Mercurius, Iovis, Neptunus, Vulcanus, Apollo Livy [ 4 ] arranges them in six male-female pairs: Jupiter-Juno, Neptune-Minerva, Mars-Venus, Apollo-Diana, Vulcan-Vesta and Mercury-Ceres. Three of the Dii Consentes formed the Capitoline Triad : Jupiter, Juno and Minerva.
Over time, however, Quirinus became less significant, and he was absent from the later, more widely known triad (he and Mars had been replaced by Juno and Minerva). Varro mentions the Capitolium Vetus , an earlier cult site on the Quirinal, devoted to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, [ 18 ] [ a ] among whom Martial makes a distinction between the ...
A daughter of Saturn and Ops, she was the sister and wife of Jupiter and the mother of Mars, Vulcan, Bellona, Lucina and Juventas. Like Hera, her sacred animal was the peacock . [ 1 ] Her Etruscan counterpart was Uni , and she was said to also watch over the women of Rome. [ 2 ]
Mars and Jupiter are revving up your 10th house of career and reputation, bringing a boost of energy and ambition to your professional pursuits. In addition to feeling driven to advance in your ...
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The closest in the past 1,000 years was in 1761, when Mars and Jupiter appeared to the naked eye as a single bright object, according to Giorgini. Looking ahead, the year 2348 will be almost as close.
A flamen (plural flamines) [1] was a priest of the ancient Roman religion who was assigned to one of fifteen deities with official cults during the Roman Republic.The most important of these were the three flamines maiores (or "major priests"), who served the important Roman gods Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus.