'Before the Olympians: The Italic Iuppiter,' via @donalddonato.bsky.social on the origins of #Jupiter classicstutor.substack.com/p/before-the...
Before the Olympians: The Italic Iuppiter
An investigation into the archaic "numen" of Jove and the lithic origins of the Roman Sky Father
classicstutor.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 AM
'Before the Olympians: The Italic Iuppiter,' via @donalddonato.bsky.social on the origins of #Jupiter classicstutor.substack.com/p/before-the...
Let's play "Can't tell if joke or serious", #Twitter edition!
...tbh tho, this would solve a lot of our US Foreign Policy arguments...
"Iuppiter optimus maximus!"
...tbh tho, this would solve a lot of our US Foreign Policy arguments...
"Iuppiter optimus maximus!"
February 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Let's play "Can't tell if joke or serious", #Twitter edition!
...tbh tho, this would solve a lot of our US Foreign Policy arguments...
"Iuppiter optimus maximus!"
...tbh tho, this would solve a lot of our US Foreign Policy arguments...
"Iuppiter optimus maximus!"
RETVRN, it's actually spelt IUPPITER
pronouncing jupiter like hoopitay
Wait, Jupiter isn't pronounced "jup-i-tay"????
I'VE BEEN MISPRONOUNCING IT FOR 49 YEARS JERRY.
I'VE BEEN MISPRONOUNCING IT FOR 49 YEARS JERRY.
June 24, 2026 at 11:55 PM
RETVRN, it's actually spelt IUPPITER
⚒️⚒️ "O Iuppiter, who does cherish and nurture the human race, through whom we live and draw the breath of being, in whom rest the hopes and lives of all humankind, I pray You grant that this day may prosper that which I have in hand."
- Plautus Poenulus 1187-89.
- Plautus Poenulus 1187-89.
April 11, 2026 at 1:33 PM
⚒️⚒️ "O Iuppiter, who does cherish and nurture the human race, through whom we live and draw the breath of being, in whom rest the hopes and lives of all humankind, I pray You grant that this day may prosper that which I have in hand."
- Plautus Poenulus 1187-89.
- Plautus Poenulus 1187-89.
#buongiorno da me 💙 e buon compleanno Roma!
Condenti, Iuppiter, urbem,
et genitor Mavors Vestaque mater (...)
auspicibus vobis hoc mihi surgat opus.
Assistetemi, o Giove, nel fondare la città, e tu o padre Marte e tu, o madre Vesta.
La mia opera sorga con il vostro auspicio
Ov. Fasti IV 827-30.
Condenti, Iuppiter, urbem,
et genitor Mavors Vestaque mater (...)
auspicibus vobis hoc mihi surgat opus.
Assistetemi, o Giove, nel fondare la città, e tu o padre Marte e tu, o madre Vesta.
La mia opera sorga con il vostro auspicio
Ov. Fasti IV 827-30.
April 21, 2026 at 5:12 AM
#buongiorno da me 💙 e buon compleanno Roma!
Condenti, Iuppiter, urbem,
et genitor Mavors Vestaque mater (...)
auspicibus vobis hoc mihi surgat opus.
Assistetemi, o Giove, nel fondare la città, e tu o padre Marte e tu, o madre Vesta.
La mia opera sorga con il vostro auspicio
Ov. Fasti IV 827-30.
Condenti, Iuppiter, urbem,
et genitor Mavors Vestaque mater (...)
auspicibus vobis hoc mihi surgat opus.
Assistetemi, o Giove, nel fondare la città, e tu o padre Marte e tu, o madre Vesta.
La mia opera sorga con il vostro auspicio
Ov. Fasti IV 827-30.
Pro Iuppiter!!
Quaestio dominica: Quid dicis de eo quod lingua Latina non iam est prima lingua officialis in Vaticano? www.der-postillon.com/2025/11/quae...
Quaestio dominica: Quid dicis de eo quod lingua Latina non iam est prima lingua officialis in Vaticano?
Deus meus! Civitas Vaticana linguam Latinam ex prima lingua officiali removet. Dicat nunc quisquam Ecclesiam non cum temporibus progredi! Hoc quomodo
www.der-postillon.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Pro Iuppiter!!
Meanwhile, the same initial iū- part in the Romans' god Iūpiter/Iuppiter also seems to appear in their word for 'walnut', literally 'Jove's acorn': iūglāns.
March 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Meanwhile, the same initial iū- part in the Romans' god Iūpiter/Iuppiter also seems to appear in their word for 'walnut', literally 'Jove's acorn': iūglāns.
ClassicsBluesky 🧵🏺
#LatinForTheDay – 28 January #Horace
“tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi
finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios
temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati,
seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,...
#LatinForTheDay – 28 January #Horace
“tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi
finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios
temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati,
seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,...
January 28, 2026 at 9:37 AM
ClassicsBluesky 🧵🏺
#LatinForTheDay – 28 January #Horace
“tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi
finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios
temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati,
seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,...
#LatinForTheDay – 28 January #Horace
“tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi
finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios
temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati,
seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,...
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 23 April #Catullus
“nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle
quam mihi, non si se Iuppiter ipse petat.
dicit: sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti
in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.”
Catullus 70
#LatinForTheDay – 23 April #Catullus
“nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle
quam mihi, non si se Iuppiter ipse petat.
dicit: sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti
in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.”
Catullus 70
April 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
ClassicsBluesky 🏺🧵
#LatinForTheDay – 23 April #Catullus
“nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle
quam mihi, non si se Iuppiter ipse petat.
dicit: sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti
in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.”
Catullus 70
#LatinForTheDay – 23 April #Catullus
“nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle
quam mihi, non si se Iuppiter ipse petat.
dicit: sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti
in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.”
Catullus 70
Wäre nicht Jens der bos? Denn Iuppiter kann er nicht sein, oder🙈😳
July 16, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Wäre nicht Jens der bos? Denn Iuppiter kann er nicht sein, oder🙈😳
Yes Zeus :) aut Iuppiter in Romanum religionem
April 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Yes Zeus :) aut Iuppiter in Romanum religionem
ClassicsBluesky #Latin 🏺🧵
A quick spot of Catullus #WorldBookDay
“cui dono lepidum novum libellum
arido modo pumice expolitum?
Corneli, tibi: namque tu solebas
meas esse aliquid putare nugas,
iam tum cum ausus es unus Italorum
omne aevum tribus explicare chartis
doctis, Iuppiter, et laboriosis....
A quick spot of Catullus #WorldBookDay
“cui dono lepidum novum libellum
arido modo pumice expolitum?
Corneli, tibi: namque tu solebas
meas esse aliquid putare nugas,
iam tum cum ausus es unus Italorum
omne aevum tribus explicare chartis
doctis, Iuppiter, et laboriosis....
March 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
ClassicsBluesky #Latin 🏺🧵
A quick spot of Catullus #WorldBookDay
“cui dono lepidum novum libellum
arido modo pumice expolitum?
Corneli, tibi: namque tu solebas
meas esse aliquid putare nugas,
iam tum cum ausus es unus Italorum
omne aevum tribus explicare chartis
doctis, Iuppiter, et laboriosis....
A quick spot of Catullus #WorldBookDay
“cui dono lepidum novum libellum
arido modo pumice expolitum?
Corneli, tibi: namque tu solebas
meas esse aliquid putare nugas,
iam tum cum ausus es unus Italorum
omne aevum tribus explicare chartis
doctis, Iuppiter, et laboriosis....
March 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
first in my recent series of male nudes Title Iuppiter
#maleart #maleartist #malefigure #gayart #gayartist #gayerotica #acrylic #painting #portrait #muscle #body #art #artist #gaynude #artisticnude #malenude #nudeart #naked #queerart #lgbtart #homoeroticart #fineartnude #nudemaleart #artistonbluesky
#maleart #maleartist #malefigure #gayart #gayartist #gayerotica #acrylic #painting #portrait #muscle #body #art #artist #gaynude #artisticnude #malenude #nudeart #naked #queerart #lgbtart #homoeroticart #fineartnude #nudemaleart #artistonbluesky
January 5, 2026 at 1:29 AM
first in my recent series of male nudes Title Iuppiter
#maleart #maleartist #malefigure #gayart #gayartist #gayerotica #acrylic #painting #portrait #muscle #body #art #artist #gaynude #artisticnude #malenude #nudeart #naked #queerart #lgbtart #homoeroticart #fineartnude #nudemaleart #artistonbluesky
#maleart #maleartist #malefigure #gayart #gayartist #gayerotica #acrylic #painting #portrait #muscle #body #art #artist #gaynude #artisticnude #malenude #nudeart #naked #queerart #lgbtart #homoeroticart #fineartnude #nudemaleart #artistonbluesky
And they haven't found out yet that Algebra is actually an Arabic word.
Iuppiter Fulminator, I know for a fact that to be a fascist one needs to be a moron, but this is frankly too much.
Iuppiter Fulminator, I know for a fact that to be a fascist one needs to be a moron, but this is frankly too much.
September 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
And they haven't found out yet that Algebra is actually an Arabic word.
Iuppiter Fulminator, I know for a fact that to be a fascist one needs to be a moron, but this is frankly too much.
Iuppiter Fulminator, I know for a fact that to be a fascist one needs to be a moron, but this is frankly too much.
Iuppiter Optime Maximum 🔥🏛️
“Signore del giuramento,
Signore del diritto,
assolutamente libero”.
(Georges Dumèzil, La Religione Romana Arcaica).
VALETE OPTIME IN PACE DEORUM 🔥🏛️
#Giove #Iuppiter #RomanReligion #Religione #RomanGods #Paganism #Pagan #Divinities #Jupiter #Rome #Roma #RomaEterna
“Signore del giuramento,
Signore del diritto,
assolutamente libero”.
(Georges Dumèzil, La Religione Romana Arcaica).
VALETE OPTIME IN PACE DEORUM 🔥🏛️
#Giove #Iuppiter #RomanReligion #Religione #RomanGods #Paganism #Pagan #Divinities #Jupiter #Rome #Roma #RomaEterna
November 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Iuppiter Optime Maximum 🔥🏛️
“Signore del giuramento,
Signore del diritto,
assolutamente libero”.
(Georges Dumèzil, La Religione Romana Arcaica).
VALETE OPTIME IN PACE DEORUM 🔥🏛️
#Giove #Iuppiter #RomanReligion #Religione #RomanGods #Paganism #Pagan #Divinities #Jupiter #Rome #Roma #RomaEterna
“Signore del giuramento,
Signore del diritto,
assolutamente libero”.
(Georges Dumèzil, La Religione Romana Arcaica).
VALETE OPTIME IN PACE DEORUM 🔥🏛️
#Giove #Iuppiter #RomanReligion #Religione #RomanGods #Paganism #Pagan #Divinities #Jupiter #Rome #Roma #RomaEterna
consentes dii iuno iuppiter minerva apollo mars ceres
October 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
consentes dii iuno iuppiter minerva apollo mars ceres
prime candidate for Iuppiter to strike down with his thunderbolt
September 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
prime candidate for Iuppiter to strike down with his thunderbolt
'Ut melius quidquid erit patī,
seu plūrīs hiemēs seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,
quae nunc oppositīs dēbilitat pūmicibus mare
Tyrrhēnum: sapiās,'
Horatius I.11
seu plūrīs hiemēs seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,
quae nunc oppositīs dēbilitat pūmicibus mare
Tyrrhēnum: sapiās,'
Horatius I.11
January 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
'Ut melius quidquid erit patī,
seu plūrīs hiemēs seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,
quae nunc oppositīs dēbilitat pūmicibus mare
Tyrrhēnum: sapiās,'
Horatius I.11
seu plūrīs hiemēs seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,
quae nunc oppositīs dēbilitat pūmicibus mare
Tyrrhēnum: sapiās,'
Horatius I.11
July 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Irasceris, Iuppiter, quia erras.
January 24, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Irasceris, Iuppiter, quia erras.
Trump in 2027, at the rate we're going (JD Vance behind)
September 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Trump in 2027, at the rate we're going (JD Vance behind)
Meglio se eri Iuppiter Fulminator
January 13, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Meglio se eri Iuppiter Fulminator
So how did we get the Jupiter 8? The Romans, influenced by Greek traditions, took the Greek gods associated with each planet and gave those planets the names of the equivalent gods in their own pantheon – Mercurius, Venus, Mars, Iuppiter, and Saturnus. 2/2 #TOSSatNight
December 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
So how did we get the Jupiter 8? The Romans, influenced by Greek traditions, took the Greek gods associated with each planet and gave those planets the names of the equivalent gods in their own pantheon – Mercurius, Venus, Mars, Iuppiter, and Saturnus. 2/2 #TOSSatNight
boys go to iuppiter to get more stuppiter
July 31, 2026 at 10:50 PM
boys go to iuppiter to get more stuppiter