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274 Jupiter, in short, like Zeus, appears not only as a sky-god, but also as a water-god and an earth-god. As Ovid puts it,—

Several extant works of art represent him in this triple capacity. A chalcedony scarab of Etruscan workmanship, formerly in the Dehn collection, shows a naked male deity with a himation over his left arm in the act of stepping into a chariot. He grasps a thunderbolt in his right hand, a trident in his left; while at his feet is a dog. We can hardly be mistaken in regarding this singular figure as Jupiter in his threefold rôle: the thunderbolt marks him as a sky-god, the trident as a water-god, the dog (Cerberus?) and the chariot as an earth-god. Again, at Albano was found a broken bas-relief of archaistic style thus described by Brunn: "The central figure is a god, bearded and crowned, who by the attributes of a thunder-bolt and a trident on his right, and a cornucopia surmounted by an eagle on his left side is shown to be Jupiter conceived as lord of the sky, the sea, and the underworld." Similarly a tile found at Urbisaglia in Picenum depicts Iove Iutor, "Jupiter the Helper," clad in