Jupiter, a Roman god
Jupiter, a Roman god (fresco from the House of the Dioscuri, Pompeii, ca. 79 AD) Who was Jupiter? Jupiter was the chief of the gods for the Romans, the way Zeus was for the [...]
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09, 2017
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09, 2017
Castor and Pollux – Roman religion
Castor and Pollux - the Dioscuri - on a votive plaque from Tarentum in southern Italy Who are Castor and Pollux? Castor and Pollux were originally Greek gods, but when the [...]
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08, 2017
Augustine of Hippo – Christianity and the fall of Rome
The Roman theater at Thagaste (Souk Ahras), in Algeria, where Augustine of Hippo grew up. Where was Augustine from? Augustine of Hippo was born in a small town in North [...]
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08, 2017
What are planets? Astronomy – Space science
What are planets? The planet Venus from space Before there were planets For several hundred million years after the Big Bang, there were no planets, only stars. Planets couldn't form until the [...]
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08, 2017
Jupiter – Planets – Astronomy
Jupiter from space Jupiter (named after the Roman god Jupiter) is the next planet further out from our Sun after Mars. But Jupiter is much, much further away from the Sun than Mars is. If [...]
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07, 2017
Before Notre Dame – St. Etienne
Notre Dame of Paris (1160s AD) A Roman temple to Jupiter In the time of the Romans, about 100 AD, the city council of Paris built a temple. They dedicated it to the [...]
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07, 2017
The god Varuna – Hinduism – India
Monsoon rain (Goa) Around 1000 BC, in the Vedic period in India, Varuna was an important Hindu god. Varuna was originally a sky god - his name means "the one who covers everything." Often people think [...]
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07, 2017
Who is Zeus? Ancient Greek gods
The god Zeus is the lightning and the thunder Zeus was, for many people in ancient Greece, the king of the gods. Homer shows Zeus this way in the Iliad, for example. But mainly, Zeus is [...]
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06, 2017
Who was the Norse god Thor?
Viking Bronze, from Iceland, 1000 AD Thor was the German god of strength, and the god of thunder and lightning (like Jupiter or Zeus). These three gods of the Greeks, [...]
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06, 2017
Who was the Norse god Odin?
Viking stone, 600s AD, from Gotland, Sweden. Odin is riding his horse, Sleipnir. Sometime before 300 AD, people started to think of Odin (or Wotan) as the chief of the [...]
