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Prayer to Jupiter

Jupiter
We pour out a libation to Jupiter the Liberator. Observe, discover, and may the Gods avert the omen from you, my son, but you are born into a time when it is expedient to fortify your spirit with examples of courage and firmness of mind in the face of adversity.
Fons · Source
AuthorTacitus
WorkAnnales
Section16.35
Period1st c. AD
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formpersonal
DeitiesJupiter
Functionsdedication · petition
Spherepersonal · civic