Jupiter (mythology)  2008/9 Schools Wikipedia Selection. Related
subjects: Divinities; Myths  "Jupiter et Thétis" by Jean Ingres,
1811. "Jupiter et Thétis" by Jean Ingres, 1811.  In Roman
mythology, Jupiter (Iuppiter in Latin) held the same role as
Zeus in the Greek pantheon. He was called Juppiter Optimus
Maximus Soter (Jupiter Best, Greatest, Saviour); as the patron
deity of the Roman state, he ruled over laws and social order.
He was the chief god of the Capitoline Triad, with Juno and
Minerva. In Latin mythology Jupiter is the father of Mars.
Therefore, Jupiter is the grandfather of Romulus and Remus, the
founders of Rome.  Iuppiter, originating in a vocative compound
derived from archaic Latin Iovis and pater (Latin for father),
was also used as the nominative case. Jove is a less common
English formation based on Iov-, the stem of oblique cases of
the Latin name. Additionally, linguistic studies identify his
name as deriving from the Indo-European compound * dyēus- pəter-
("O Father God"), the Indo-Euro