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IUPPITER TRAGOEDUS—IUPPITER VICTOR
306
translation of Ζευς βροντών (Cass. Dio loc. cit.), which form appears
in a Latin transliteration in two inscriptions (CIL vi. 432, 2241). It was
famous for its magnificence (Suet. Aug. 29 : inter opera praecipua),
with walls of solid marble (Plin. NH xxxvi. 50), and contained some
notable works of art (Plin. NH xxxiv. 78, 79). Augustus visited this
temple frequently, and on one occasion is said to have dreamed that
Jupiter complained that the popularity of this new temple had sensibly
diminished the number of worshippers in the great temple of the god.
Whereupon Augustus replied that Jupiter Tonans was only the doorkeeper
of Jupiter Capitolinus, and proceeded to hang bells on the gables of
the former to indicate this relationship (Suet. Aug. 91 ; cf. Mart. vii. 60. 1 :
Tarpeiae venerande rector aulae). This shows that the temple must
have stood quite close to the entrance of the area Capitolina, and
therefore on the south-east edge of the hill overlooking the forum (cf
Claud, de sext. cons. Hon. 44-46, which probably refers to this temple ;
RhM 1872, 269-274).1 It is represented on a coin of Augustus (Cohen
178, cf. 179-180, 184-186 ; BM. Rep. ii. 28. 4412-5 ; Aug. 362, cf. 363-365
and p. 57, n. («)), as hexastyle, with a statue of the god standing erect with
right hand supported by a sceptre, possibly a reproduction of the famous
statue of Leochares (Plin. NH xxxiv. 79). The many other references
in Latin poetry to Jupiter Tonans do not belong to this temple, but to
that of Jupiter Capitolinus (Jord. i. 2. 47-48 ; Rosch. ii. 747-748 ; Gilb.
iii. 399-400).
Iuppiter Tragoedus, statua : specially mentioned with Apollo Sandala·
rius (q.v.) among the ‘ pretiosissima deorum simulacra ’ which Augustus
dedicated ‘ vicatim ’ (Suet. Aug. 57). Its position is unknown.
Iuppiter Tutor : see Iuppiter Conservator, Iuppiter Soter.
Iuppiter Victor. In the battle of Sentinum, 295 b.c., the dictator,
Q. Fabius Maximus Rullianus, vowed a temple (alites) to Iuppiter Victor,
to whom he afterwards offered the spoils collected from the Samnites in
sacrifice (Liv. x. 29. 14, 18). Livy’s statement (x. 42. 7) that in 293
L. Papirius, at the battle of Aquilonia, vowed a cup of new wine to
Iuppiter Victor, is sometimes interpreted as meaning that Fabius’ temple
had been dedicated by that time, but this is quite hypothetical. Accord-
ing to Ovid (Fast. iv. 621) and Fast. Ant. ap. NS 1921, 92, the day of
dedication of the temple (templa) was the Ides of April. Josephus states
(Ant. Iud. xix. 4. 3) that after the murder of Caligula in 41 a.d. the consuls
summoned the senate εις to iepov τοΰ νικηφόρου Διός ; and Cassius Dio
(lx. 35) mentions among the prodigies of 54 a.d. η αυτόματος του vaou του
Διός τοΰ δικαίου ανοιξις. These all seem to refer to the same temple,
presumably the same aedes Iovis Victoris that is mentioned as standing
2 Perhaps the foundation found in 1896 belongs to it (see Iuppiter Conservator) ;
(Festschr. f. Kiepert, 216-219; RE iii. 1537; BC 1896, 116-120; 187-190; NS 1896, 161,
185, 369, 466)·
306
translation of Ζευς βροντών (Cass. Dio loc. cit.), which form appears
in a Latin transliteration in two inscriptions (CIL vi. 432, 2241). It was
famous for its magnificence (Suet. Aug. 29 : inter opera praecipua),
with walls of solid marble (Plin. NH xxxvi. 50), and contained some
notable works of art (Plin. NH xxxiv. 78, 79). Augustus visited this
temple frequently, and on one occasion is said to have dreamed that
Jupiter complained that the popularity of this new temple had sensibly
diminished the number of worshippers in the great temple of the god.
Whereupon Augustus replied that Jupiter Tonans was only the doorkeeper
of Jupiter Capitolinus, and proceeded to hang bells on the gables of
the former to indicate this relationship (Suet. Aug. 91 ; cf. Mart. vii. 60. 1 :
Tarpeiae venerande rector aulae). This shows that the temple must
have stood quite close to the entrance of the area Capitolina, and
therefore on the south-east edge of the hill overlooking the forum (cf
Claud, de sext. cons. Hon. 44-46, which probably refers to this temple ;
RhM 1872, 269-274).1 It is represented on a coin of Augustus (Cohen
178, cf. 179-180, 184-186 ; BM. Rep. ii. 28. 4412-5 ; Aug. 362, cf. 363-365
and p. 57, n. («)), as hexastyle, with a statue of the god standing erect with
right hand supported by a sceptre, possibly a reproduction of the famous
statue of Leochares (Plin. NH xxxiv. 79). The many other references
in Latin poetry to Jupiter Tonans do not belong to this temple, but to
that of Jupiter Capitolinus (Jord. i. 2. 47-48 ; Rosch. ii. 747-748 ; Gilb.
iii. 399-400).
Iuppiter Tragoedus, statua : specially mentioned with Apollo Sandala·
rius (q.v.) among the ‘ pretiosissima deorum simulacra ’ which Augustus
dedicated ‘ vicatim ’ (Suet. Aug. 57). Its position is unknown.
Iuppiter Tutor : see Iuppiter Conservator, Iuppiter Soter.
Iuppiter Victor. In the battle of Sentinum, 295 b.c., the dictator,
Q. Fabius Maximus Rullianus, vowed a temple (alites) to Iuppiter Victor,
to whom he afterwards offered the spoils collected from the Samnites in
sacrifice (Liv. x. 29. 14, 18). Livy’s statement (x. 42. 7) that in 293
L. Papirius, at the battle of Aquilonia, vowed a cup of new wine to
Iuppiter Victor, is sometimes interpreted as meaning that Fabius’ temple
had been dedicated by that time, but this is quite hypothetical. Accord-
ing to Ovid (Fast. iv. 621) and Fast. Ant. ap. NS 1921, 92, the day of
dedication of the temple (templa) was the Ides of April. Josephus states
(Ant. Iud. xix. 4. 3) that after the murder of Caligula in 41 a.d. the consuls
summoned the senate εις to iepov τοΰ νικηφόρου Διός ; and Cassius Dio
(lx. 35) mentions among the prodigies of 54 a.d. η αυτόματος του vaou του
Διός τοΰ δικαίου ανοιξις. These all seem to refer to the same temple,
presumably the same aedes Iovis Victoris that is mentioned as standing
2 Perhaps the foundation found in 1896 belongs to it (see Iuppiter Conservator) ;
(Festschr. f. Kiepert, 216-219; RE iii. 1537; BC 1896, 116-120; 187-190; NS 1896, 161,
185, 369, 466)·