djaus

Updated: May 13, 2025

Several of the gods of the Ganges coincide even in name with those worshipped on the Ilissus and the Tiber: thus the Uranus of the Greeks is the Varunas, their Zeus, Jovis pater, Diespiter is the Djaus pita of the Vedas. An unexpected light has been thrown on various enigmatical forms in the Hellenic mythology by recent researches regarding the earlier divinities of India.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

Several of the gods of the Ganges coincide even in name with those worshipped on the Ilissus and the Tiber: thus the Uranus of the Greeks is the Varunas, their Zeus, Jovis pater, Diespiter is the Djaus pita of the Vedas. An unexpected light has been thrown on various enigmatical forms in the Hellenic mythology by recent researches regarding the earlier divinities of India.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book I : The Period Anterior to the Abolition of the Monarchy