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Jupiter was the Roman King of the Gods. Because he shared many attributes with the Hellenic Zeús the two were identified with one another. And Zeús was first, the Hellenic civilization is older than the Roman.

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Zeus was named Jupiter by the Romans as they identified him with their supreme deity. The Romans often adopted and adapted gods from other cultures into their own belief system, giving them new names while preserving some of their original characteristics.

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Because the Romans identified their God Jupiter with the Hellenic God Zeus.

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