Jove

The genitive form of the name, and specifically in this form, of the sky god Jupiter, being Jovis pater ("father Jove").

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Milton makes Jove one of the fallen angels (Paradise Lost, I, 512).

References

Sources

  • Cooper, J.C., ed. (1997). Brewer's Book of Myth and Legend. Oxford: Helicon Publishing Ltd.
  • Leach, Maria, ed. (1984). Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend. New York: HarperCollins.