Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The sculpture at the Prado is considered to be a late 1st-century replacement commissioned by Domitian. The Baroque-era restoration of the arms gives Jupiter a baton-like scepter in his raised hand. Among Jupiter's most ancient epithets is Lucetius, interpreted as referring to light (lux, lucis), specifically sunlight, by ancient and some ...
t. e. Jupiter (Latin: Iūpiter or Iuppiter, [ 14 ] from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus " sky father " Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς), [ 15 ] also known as Jove (gen. Iovis [ˈjɔwɪs]), is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods in ancient Roman religion and mythology. Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman ...
The climax of the festival was a number of sacrifices to Jupiter Latiaris ("Jupiter of Latium"); the sacrificed meat was shared by the representatives of the Latin communities. These elaborate rituals, as did all Roman religious ceremonies, had to be performed with absolute precision and, if any procedural mistakes were made, had to be repeated ...
Jupiter was the first of the Sun's planets to form, and its inward migration during the primordial phase of the Solar System affected much of the formation history of the other planets. Hydrogenconstitutes 90% of Jupiter's volume, followed by helium, which forms 25% of its mass and 10% of its volume.
Dio claims that Caligula stationed himself to receive veneration, dressed as Jupiter Latiaris, between the images of Castor and Pollux, the twin Dioscuri, to whom he referred – humorously – as his doorkeepers. [132] [213] [194] Dio's claim that two temples were built for Caligula in Rome, [132] is unconfirmed. Simpson believes it likely ...
A sketch of Jupiter made by Thomas Gwyn Elger in November 1881, showing the Great Red Spot. The Great Red Spot may have existed before 1665, but it could be that the present spot was first seen only in 1830, and was well studied only after a prominent appearance in 1879. The storm that was seen in the 17th century may have been different from ...
The rings of Jupiter are a system of faint planetary rings. The Jovian rings were the third ring system to be discovered in the Solar System, after those of Saturn and Uranus. The main ring was discovered in 1979 by the Voyager 1 space probe [ 1 ] and the system was more thoroughly investigated in the 1990s by the Galileo orbiter. [ 2 ]
Your Weekly Horoscope: Jolted by Jupiter (10/7-10/13) MaKayla McRae. October 6, 2024 at 4:12 AM. Photo by Zelch Csaba. This week will be anything short of stagnant or boring. We're in for active ...