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Prayer to Jupiter

Jupiter
Almighty Jupiter, You are He who imparts counsel to swift wings, and You who fills birds with foreknowledge of the future, and brings to light the omens and causes that lurk within the heavens. More enriched in mind is he, for whom You, O Dictaean Jupiter, announce Your will in the favoring flights of birds. May You allow that, guided by the skies, we shall have foreknowledge of the assembly of Argive forces and their initial movements in the fight ahead.
Fons · Source
AuthorStatius
WorkThebaid
Section2.471-496
Period1st c. AD
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formliterary
DeitiesJupiter
Functionspetition · invocation
Spheremilitary