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most fortunate. Drawing together the whole of happiness from fate, lover of truth, promoter of powers, preserver of majesty, fount of all joy. Best Stayer original: "Stator." An epithet of Jupiter as the one who halts retreating armies and restores order., lawmaker of peoples, reconciler of the gods. You who are called the father of all the gods. At whose step the twin poles of the world tremble. Be present, Olympian, of Dodona, sender of all oracular voices original: "Pæanomphe." An epithet for Jupiter as the source of all omens and prophetic cries., of Ida, Phrygian. Tarpeian associated with the Tarpeian Rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome., Libyan, Pythian, Gnidian, Molossian, Ausonian, Elysian, and Latian These titles associate Jupiter with various cult centers and regions across the ancient world, from Greece and Italy to North Africa..
I call upon you also, Mars original: "Mauors," an archaic and poetic name for Mars.; do not disdain to bring forth here your scorpions, serpents, asps, vipers, he-goats, young goats, leopards, dogs, dog-headed apes original: "cynocephalos." These were mythical creatures often associated with Egyptian mysteries or distant lands., boars, panthers, wolves, wild asses, horses, horse-stags original: "hyppelaphos." A legendary animal described by ancient naturalists as having the characteristics of both a horse and a deer., foxes, and your other beasts and wild animals. Hawks, falcons, hobbies original: "subbuteones," a species of small falcon., ostriches, griffins, perches original: "percas." Though typically a fish, it is here grouped with predatory or sharp-featured creatures., kites, and other birds of prey and wasps. The drone-fly, the dragon, the crocodile, the chromis-fish, the torpedo-fish an electric ray known in antiquity for its ability to numb its prey., the nare, and others that live for you in the waters. Gradivus original: "Gradiuum," an epithet meaning "the marcher," referring to Mars leading an army into battle., warlike, masculine, sharp, terrible, brawny-necked, shaggy, menacing, untamed, truculent, parent of war, bloody, ill-omened, undaunted, roaring, ambiguous, a god of grim aspect, walking with wide strides, robust, horrific, made of iron, clashing with arms, raging, savage, horrid, raw, murderous, rabid, turbid, hostile, rapacious, and deadly. Terrible with burning eyes, breathing fire from your nostrils, a leader of great weight and gravity.