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Varro on Pagan Religion
After explaining the origin of the sky, Varro says that Jupiter comes from the words for day and father, "Diespaiter" and those who come from him are known as dei, "deities."

Zeus
From Carlos Parada. Zeus' interventions, attacks against him, and his prodigious list of mates and offspring.

Zeus
Drawing lots with his brothers, Zeus won and became supreme ruler. He is known for both his thunderbolt and his affairs.