The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Jupiter / Zeus ( - )
Alias for Jupiter / Zeus
Alias Jupiter / Zeus
Jupiter / Zeus was a father of Bacchus / Dionysus (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a father of Charites/ Gratiae (Three Graces) (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a father of Diana / Artemis / Chastity (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a father of Hercules / Heracles (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a husband of Juno / Hera (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a brother of Juno / Hera (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a father of Mars / Ares (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a father of Mercury / Hermes (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a father of Minerva / Athena (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a father of Nemesis (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a brother of Neptune / Poseidon (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a father of Perseus (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a father of Pollux (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a father of Proserpina/ Persephone (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a father of Venus / Aphrodite (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a brother of Vesta / Hestia (-)
Jupiter / Zeus was a father of Vulcan / Hephaestus (--)
Actaeon (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Jupiter / Zeus
Hecate / Trivia (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Jupiter / Zeus
Leda (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Jupiter / Zeus
Mercury / Hermes (-) was a son of Jupiter / Zeus
Minerva / Athena (-) was a daughter of Jupiter / Zeus
Pax / Eirene (-) was a daughter of Jupiter / Zeus
Pollux (-) was a son of Jupiter / Zeus
Saturn / Cronus (-) was a father of Jupiter / Zeus
References in Documents:
L'Antiquité expliquée, vol. 1, p. 33.
o
Capitolinus
3 : 7
behind the Head.
His shield held out in Defence, directing
his spear in his right
5 : 8¼
with his right Hand, in his left a
spear. behind him a crescent,
before him a cornucopia.
2 : 16 ¾
behind it a Thunder bolt.
otherwise naked
his shield, in his right Hand his
spear in an asserting Posture.
6 : 7
Hand upon her shield standing at her
feet, her spear
in her right Hand a Palm Branch
3 : 14
These two last should have come
after No. 23.
his Thunderbolt, in his left his
Eagle.
IOVI PROPVGNATORI.
resting a spear, in his left Hand
Nautilus; as from its Figure it
may not improperly be nam'd.
Cornu Ammonis; From
, pictur'd with Horns. Here are severalJupiter
Ammon
of them, both in size, shape, and substance distinct. I
find no Author describing them much broader than the
ball of a mans hand. The highest
three pounds in weight. But in this
near two yards in circumference, and proportionably
thick. Of an Ash-colour, and somewhat gritty substance. The
several Rounds, as it were, carved with oblique waves. Given
by the
HenryDuke of
, by the Ancients calledNautelites
Cornua Ammonis(for its
resemblance of the curled Horns of the
Ram, worshipped by the
Name of
in the Deserts ofJupiter Ammon
Sorts, of different Colours, Figures and Sizes, from less than half an
Inch to half a Foot in Diameter; but all so curled up that the Tail
of the
Snakeis in the Center of the Stone.
Adder-beads to be met with in
Country having no Snakes; but here is an Amulet from thence
every
whit as efficacious; it is near an Inch long, and of the Colour of
Amber.
AncientRing , which I suppose be
longed to the
Richard BeauchampEarl of
Device upon his Signet,
viz. a
Bearwith a ragged Staff; for which see
his Monument in
W. Dugdale
an agreeable Fateor Destiny, which may perhaps relate to his
MartialDisposition and Victories in
Iron or Steel very odly twisted with the Brass, on each Side of the Signet
(which is of a third Metal,
viz. Copper gilded) is a glassy Ruby.
The
, who were noted of old for these Practices hadSamothracians
Stars of Iron in their Rings of Gold. On one Side of the said In
scription is the old Character for
a Cross by each. There was a vast Variety of
Ringsor
Amulets,
which in the dark Days of Popery were eagerly sought after by poor
deluded People, with different
Saintsupon them; but the Name of
the
Smith
Phil.
Trans. N° 155
Trans
from the LordTalisman
on one Side is an unintelligible Character, upon the other in modern
Letters L H with ☿ and
one Side, and an Anchor of
Hopeon the other, with crooked Lines
and Figures round; the former is engraved, this stamped as Money,
both have a Hole punched to hang about the Neck.
me by
Areafill'd with
Planetary Characters, and this Inscription round,
In Deo confido, re
vertentur Inimici mei retrorsum: Upon the other Side are
vertentur Inimici mei retrorsum
A pavore inimici Custodi vitam
meam oh tu Jehova, with ♃ and ♀ in Conjunction in ♓. The Effects
meam oh tu Jehova
formerly attributed to these Figures were altogether miraculous; the
Spark, for whom this was erected, expected, by Virtue thereof, to
obtain both
Honourand
Beauty; that with
Merchandizingand
Gaming. These are engraved upon Silver; those
used of old for the Preservation of Cities were
Statuary Telesmsmade
under a certain Configuration of the Heavens, the most propitious
The Blind and the Lame hated
byDavid 's Soul,
by
for these Images. And the
brazen-Serpent, which
Talisman,
as those who write in Defence of the Practice, affect to call him)
made in the Wilderness is said to be the first Occasion, not given,
but taken, of all these Telesmatical Practices,
Gregory's Notes upon
the Scripture,
p. 41.)
, sentCharm
me by
Furness,
Soldier, who was slain in a Skirmish, notwithstanding the Protection
he promis'd himself from this Billet of the
which is thus inscribed,
.Sancti tres Reges, Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar
Orate pro nobis nunc & in hora mortis nostræ
vres, sorcellerie toute sorte de malefice & morte subite.
Charm
may be added another Sort of a
Cheat, one
that his Tongue was cut off by the
Parts of
Account of his miserable Case writ upon his Breast, many Justices and
Physicians had attempted the Discovery of the Imposture, but in
Vain till
John Morris
(which he inherited from his Grand-Father Colonel
prized
CharlesI.
that the said Youth had learnt beyond Sea the Trick of drawing his
Tongue so far into his Throat, that it appeared like a Stump only:
Hereupon the said
and the begging Billet deposited here by the said
Morris
was also famous for
Pantomimianor
Antick-Dancing, which Archbi
shop
andJupiter , Io
wrought inMercury