J. is an important Latin goddess and besides Minerva the most significant goddess of the Roman pantheon; while myth makes her the wife of Jupiter, according to the Greek model, in the cult - in spite of her association with Jupiter (and Minerva) in the Capitoline triad - she is a significant figure in her own right, embodying the same tensions as with Hera.
The name of J. is not related to that of Jupiter: the initial sound is always /i-…
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Graf, Fritz (Columbus, OH) and
Ley, Anne (Xanten),
“Iuno”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
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