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lord of counsel
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Father Jove
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sire of gods and men
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Olympian Thunderer
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Olympian Lord of Thunder
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King Jove
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son of Saturn
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lord of battle
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lord of lightning
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supreme counsellor
Title · Hypothetical
father of gods and men
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thundering husband of Juno
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aegis-bearing Jove
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king of mortals and immortals
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lord of thunder
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sire of all things
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lord of the storm-cloud
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cloud-compelling Jove
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Achilles reports that Jove was at Olympus when Briareus sat beside him.
“by calling to Olympus the hundred-handed monster whom gods call Briareus, but men Aegaeon, for he is stronger even than his father; when therefore he took his seat all-glorious beside the son of Saturn”
Jove led the gods back to Olympus and was sitting on its topmost ridges.
“the immortal gods came back in a body to Olympus, and Jove led the way. Thetis was not unmindful of the charge her son had laid upon her, so she rose from under the sea and went through great heaven with early morning to Olympus, where she found the mighty son of Saturn sitting all alone upon its topmost ridges”
Jove was sitting on the topmost ridges of Olympus.
“found the son of Saturn sitting all alone on the topmost ridges of Olympus”
Jove was beside Mars at high Olympus.
“With all speed he reached high Olympus, home of the gods, and in great pain sat down beside Jove the son of Saturn”
Jove is physically present at the topmost crest of Olympus while convening the council.
“Jove called the gods in council on the topmost crest of serrated Olympus”
Jove completes his chariot journey to Olympus and enters the divine assembly.
“father Jove drove his chariot to Olympus, and entered the assembly of gods. The mighty lord of the earthquake unyoked his horses for him, set the car upon its stand, and threw a cloth over it”
Minerva warns that Jove would come to Olympus to punish the gods.
“Jove would instantly leave the Trojans and Achaeans to themselves; he would come to Olympus to punish us”
Jove speaks from the top of Olympus.
“Jove from the top of many-delled Olympus”
Jove remains seated on Olympus.
“I shall stay here seated on Mt. Olympus”
Jove remains at his high seat on Olympus while commanding the gods.
“Jove from his seat on high was in command over them all”
Jove sits on Olympus while hearing the gods’ battle.
“Jove heard as he was sitting on Olympus”
Jove receives Diana in his mansion on Olympus.
“Diana had now reached Jove’s bronze-floored mansion on Olympus, and sat herself down with many tears on the knees of her father”
Jove is on Olympus when the returning gods sit beside him.
“to Olympus, where they took their seats beside Jove lord of the storm cloud”
Jove addressed Thetis from Olympus.
“you have come hither to Olympus”
Thetis reports that Jove had gone to Oceanus for the Ethiopian feast and had not yet returned.
“For Jove went yesterday to Oceanus, to a feast among the Ethiopians, and the other gods went with him. He will return to Olympus twelve days hence”
Jove returned to his house and took his seat there.
“Jove to his house, while the goddess quitted the splendour of Olympus, and plunged into the depths of the sea. The gods rose from their seats, before the coming of their sire. Not one of them dared to remain sitting, but all stood up as he came among them. There, then, he took his seat”
Sleep recalls Jove hurling the gods about inside Jove’s house.
“Jove was furious when he awoke, and began hurling the gods about all over the house”
Jove is in his mansion when Diana sits upon his knees.
“sat herself down with many tears on the knees of her father”
Jove reaches Gargarus and remains there on its topmost crests.
“After a while he reached many-fountained Ida, mother of wild beasts, and Gargarus, where are his grove and fragrant altar. There the father of gods and men stayed his horses, took them from the chariot, and hid them in a thick cloud; then he took his seat all glorious upon the topmost crests”
Jove goes up to Juno at Gargarus.
“Juno then went to Gargarus, the topmost peak of Ida, and Jove, driver of the clouds, set eyes upon her. As soon as he did so he became inflamed with the same passionate desire for her that he had felt when they had first enjoyed each other’s embraces, and slept with one another without their dear parents knowing anything about it. He went up to her”
Jove is one of the pair speaking of being together here at Gargarus, the top of Ida.
“Juno again answered him with a lying tale. ‘Most dread son of Saturn,’ she exclaimed, ‘what are you talking about? Would you have us enjoy one another here on the top of Mount Ida”
Jove lies down with Juno at the deictic Gargarus.
“the son of Saturn caught his wife in his embrace; whereon the earth sprouted them a cushion of young grass, with dew-bespangled lotus, crocus, and hyacinth, so soft and thick that it raised them well above the ground. Here they laid themselves down”
Jove reposes on the crest of Ida at Gargarus.
“the sire of all things repose peacefully on the crest of Ida, overcome at once by sleep and love, and he held his spouse in his arms”
Jove was seated on topmost Gargarus before Iris and Apollo.
“When they reached many-fountained Ida, mother of wild beasts, they found Jove seated on topmost Gargarus with a fragrant cloud encircling his head as with a diadem. They stood before his presence”
Jove reaches Ida before stopping on its explicitly named Gargarus crest.
“After a while he reached many-fountained Ida, mother of wild beasts, and Gargarus, where are his grove and fragrant altar. There the father of gods and men stayed his horses, took them from the chariot, and hid them in a thick cloud; then he took his seat all glorious upon the topmost crests”
Jove is physically positioned on Ida when he thunders and sends lightning toward the Achaeans.
“Then he thundered aloud from Ida, and sent the glare of his lightning upon the Achaeans”
Jove is physically present on the heights of Ida when he thunders three times.
“thrice did Jove thunder from the heights of Ida in token to the Trojans”
Juno hypothetically presents Jove as sitting alone on Ida if the other gods aid the Danaans.
“he would have to sit there sulking alone on Ida”
Jove is physically present on Ida when he sees the approaching goddesses.
“But father Jove when he saw them from Ida was very angry”
Jove descended and sat on the crest of Ida.
“the father of gods and men came down from heaven and took his seat, thunderbolt in hand, upon the crest of many-fountained Ida”
Jove looked down on the battle from Ida.
“the son of Saturn as he looked down from Ida”
Jove woke while lying on the crests of Ida.
“Jove now woke on the crests of Ida, where he was lying with golden-throned Juno by his side”
Hecuba described Jove as sitting on Ida and looking over Troy.
“the son of Saturn lord of the whirlwind, who sits on Ida and looks down over all Troy”
In the comparison, Jove bends his bright bow in Heaven.
“As when Jove bends his bright bow in heaven in token to mankind either of war or of the chill storms that stay men from their labour and plague the flocks”
In Agamemnon’s recollected story, Jove catches Folly and flings her down from Heaven.
“On this Jove was stung to the very quick, and in his rage he caught Folly by the hair, and swore a great oath that never should she again invade starry heaven and Olympus, for she was the bane of all. Then he whirled her round with a twist of his hand, and flung her down from heaven”
Jove thunders from Heaven.
“The sire of gods and men thundered from heaven above”
Jove was in heaven with the assembled gods.
“The goddess took her dark veil, than which there can be no robe more sombre, and went forth with fleet Iris leading the way before her. The waves of the sea opened them a path, and when they reached the shore they flew up into the heavens, where they found the all-seeing son of Saturn with the blessed gods that live for ever assembled near him”
Achilles reports that Thetis saved Jove from a binding plot by Juno, Neptune, and Minerva.
“you alone of the immortals saved the son of Saturn from ruin, when the others, with Juno, Neptune, and Pallas Minerva would have put him in bonds”
Thetis says Jove is feasting at Oceanus among the Ethiopians and will return in twelve days, when she will petition him in his bronze-paved mansion.
“For Jove went yesterday to Oceanus, to a feast among the Ethiopians, and the other gods went with him. He will return to Olympus twelve days hence; I will then go to his mansion paved with bronze and will beseech him; nor do I doubt that I shall be able to persuade him.’”
Jove leads the returning gods and sits mighty and alone on Olympus’s topmost ridges when Thetis finds him.
“Jove led the way. Thetis was not unmindful of the charge her son had laid upon her, so she rose from under the sea and went through great heaven with early morning to Olympus, where she found the mighty son of Saturn sitting all alone upon its topmost ridges”
Jove remains wordlessly silent while Thetis keeps firm hold of his knees and presses for a decisive nod or refusal.
“Jove sat for a while silent, and without a word, but Thetis still kept firm hold of his knees, and besought him a second time. ‘Incline your head,’ said she, ‘and promise me surely, or else deny me—for you have nothing to fear—that I may learn how greatly you disdain me.’”
Troubled by the prospect of Juno’s taunts, Jove secretly promises Thetis her wish with an irrevocable nod that he says no god can receive more solemnly.
“At this Jove was much troubled and answered, ‘I shall have trouble if you set me quarrelling with Juno, for she will provoke me with her taunting speeches; even now she is always railing at me before the other gods and accusing me of giving aid to the Trojans. Go back now, lest she should find out. I will consider the matter, and will bring it about as you wish. See, I incline my head that you may believe me. This is the most solemn promise that I can give to any god. I never recall my word, or deceive, or fail to do what I say, when I have nodded my head.’”
Jove bows dark brows as ambrosial locks sway on his immortal head; the gesture makes vast Olympus reel.
“the son of Saturn bowed his dark brows, and the ambrosial locks swayed on his immortal head, till vast Olympus reeled.”
Jove returns to his house, where every god rises before him and none dares remain seated; he then takes his seat among them.
“Jove to his house, while the goddess quitted the splendour of Olympus, and plunged into the depths of the sea. The gods rose from their seats, before the coming of their sire. Not one of them dared to remain sitting, but all stood up as he came among them. There, then, he took his seat.”
Jove asserts hierarchical secrecy over his wife, promising her precedence only when he judges disclosure proper and forbidding her to pry.
“you must not expect to be informed of all my counsels. You are my wife, but you would find it hard to understand them. When it is proper for you to hear, there is no one, god or man, who will be told sooner, but when I mean to keep a matter to myself, you must not pry nor ask questions.’”
Jove admits his intent, commands Juno to sit silent, and threatens overpowering violence even against the support of all heaven.
“I mean to have it so; sit down and hold your tongue as I bid you for if I once begin to lay my hands about you, though all heaven were on your side it would profit you nothing.’”
Vulcan calls Jove by far the strongest and capable of hurling all the Olympians from their seats.
“If the Olympian Thunderer wants to hurl us all from our seats, he can do so, for he is far the strongest”
Vulcan remembers Jove catching him by the foot and flinging him from heaven so that he fell all day to Lemnos and lay nearly lifeless.
“Once before when I was trying to help you, he caught me by the foot and flung me from the heavenly threshold. All day long from morn till eve, was I falling, till at sunset I came to ground in the island of Lemnos, and there I lay, with very little life left in me”
Jove remains wakeful, plans how to honour Achilles at great Achaean cost, and sends a lying dream to Agamemnon with a false promise of Troy’s immediate fall.
“Now the other gods and the armed warriors on the plain slept soundly, but Jove was wakeful, for he was thinking how to do honour to Achilles, and destroyed much people at the ships of the Achaeans. In the end he deemed it would be best to send a lying dream to King Agamemnon; so he called one to him and said to it, ‘Lying Dream, go to the ships of the Achaeans, into the tent of Agamemnon, and say to him word for word as I now bid you. Tell him to get the Achaeans instantly under arms, for he shall take Troy. There are no longer divided counsels among the gods; Juno has brought them to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans.’”
The dream presents Jove as a distant but pitying patron who thinks of Agamemnon and orders him to arm the Achaeans.
“‘You are sleeping, son of Atreus; one who has the welfare of his host and so much other care upon his shoulders should dock his sleep. Hear me at once, for I come as a messenger from Jove, who, though he be not near, yet takes thought for you and pities you. He bids you get the Achaeans instantly under arms, for you shall take Troy. There are no longer divided counsels among the gods; Juno has brought them over to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans at the hands of Jove. Remember this, and when you wake see that it does not escape you.’”
Jove has further hard-fought battles in store for both Danaans and Trojans, contrary to Agamemnon’s expectation of immediate victory.
“He thought that on that same day he was to take the city of Priam, but he little knew what was in the mind of Jove, who had many another hard-fought fight in store alike for Danaans and Trojans.”
Agamemnon alleges that Jove broke his promise of Troy’s sack, now orders an inglorious return, and possesses power that has destroyed and will destroy proud cities.
“‘My friends,’ he said, ‘heroes, servants of Mars, the hand of heaven has been laid heavily upon me. Cruel Jove gave me his solemn promise that I should sack the city of Priam before returning, but he has played me false, and is now bidding me go ingloriously back to Argos with the loss of much people. Such is the will of Jove, who has laid many a proud city in the dust, as he will yet lay others, for his power is above all. It will be a sorry tale hereafter that an Achaean host, at once so great and valiant, battled in vain against men fewer in number than themselves; but as yet the end is not in sight. Think that the Achaeans and Trojans have sworn to a solemn covenant, and that they have each been numbered—the Trojans by the roll of their householders, and we by companies of ten; think further that each of our companies desired to have a Trojan householder to pour out their wine; we are so greatly more in number that full many a company would have to go without its cup-bearer.”
Ulysses remembers Jove sending the blood-stained serpent and turning it to stone after it devoured the nine birds, making it an enduring sign.
“Then we saw a prodigy; for Jove sent a fearful serpent out of the ground, with blood-red stains upon its back, and it darted from under the altar on to the plane-tree. Now there was a brood of young sparrows, quite small, upon the topmost bough, peeping out from under the leaves, eight in all, and their mother that hatched them made nine. The serpent ate the poor cheeping things, while the old bird flew about lamenting her little ones; but the serpent threw his coils about her and caught her by the wing as she was screaming. Then, when he had eaten both the sparrow and her young, the god who had sent him made him become a sign; for the son of scheming Saturn turned him into stone, and we stood there wondering at that which had come to pass.”
Nestor reports that Jove promised the Argives success and gave favourable signs by flashing lightning on their right hands.
“For the mighty son of Saturn surely promised that we should succeed, when we Argives set sail to bring death and destruction upon the Trojans. He showed us favourable signs by flashing his lightning on our right hands”
Jove accepts Agamemnon’s sacrifice but refuses his prayer and continually increases the Achaeans’ toil.
“Thus he prayed, but the son of Saturn would not fulfil his prayer. He accepted the sacrifice, yet none the less increased their toil continually. When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley-meal upon the victim, they drew back its head, killed it, and then flayed it. They cut out the thigh-bones, wrapped them round in two layers of fat, and set pieces of raw meat on the top of them. These they burned upon the split logs of firewood, but they spitted the inward meats, and held them in the flames to cook. When the thigh-bones were burned, and they had tasted the inward meats, they cut the rest up small, put the pieces upon spits, roasted them till they were done, and drew them off; then, when they had finished their work and the feast was ready, they ate it, and every man had his full share, so that all were satisfied. As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink, Nestor, knight of Gerene, began to speak. ‘King Agamemnon,’ said he, ‘let us not stay talking here, nor be slack in the work that heaven has put into our hands. Let the heralds summon the people to gather at their several ships; we will then go about among the host, that we may begin fighting at once.’”
Jove dearly loves the three communities of Rhodes and showers great riches upon them.
“Tlepolemus, son of Hercules, a man both brave and large of stature, brought nine ships of lordly warriors from Rhodes. These dwelt in Rhodes which is divided among the three cities of Lindus, Ielysus, and Cameirus, that lies upon the chalk. These were commanded by Tlepolemus, son of Hercules by Astyochea, whom he had carried off from Ephyra, on the river Selleis, after sacking many cities of valiant warriors. When Tlepolemus grew up, he killed his father’s uncle Licymnius, who had been a famous warrior in his time, but was then grown old. On this he built himself a fleet, gathered a great following, and fled beyond the sea, for he was menaced by the other sons and grandsons of Hercules. After a voyage, during which he suffered great hardship, he came to Rhodes, where the people divided into three communities, according to their tribes, and were dearly loved by Jove, the lord of gods and men; wherefore the son of Saturn showered down great riches upon them.”
Agamemnon invokes Jove as Ida’s ruler, most glorious in power.
“Father Jove,’ he cried, ‘that rulest in Ida, most glorious in power”
Evidence records not already represented by a claim.
“the counsels of Jove”
“a third for Jove”
“The son of Saturn then began to tease Juno”
“Jove the lord of battle”
“Jove called the gods in council”
“Cruel Jove”
“Jove sent fierce Discord”
“Jove had thus brought Hector and the Trojans to the ships”
“Jove who thunders from on high”
“Jove now woke on the crests of Ida”
“Jove, lord of the storm-cloud”
“Jove, and Fate, and Erinys that walks in darkness struck me mad”
“cloud-compelling Jove”
“river Xanthus, begotten of immortal Jove”
“the father of all balanced his golden scales and placed a doom in each of them”
“by King Jove, first and mightiest of all gods”
“Then said Jove”