Definition of Protector of Boundaries

1. Noun. An epithet for Jupiter.

Exact synonyms: Jupiter Fidius
Generic synonyms: Jove, Jupiter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protector Of Boundaries

Prosopium
Prosopium cylindraceum
Prosopium williamsonii
Prosper
Prosper Meniere
Prosser
Prostigmin
Protagoras
Protagorean
Protea cynaroides
Protea mellifera
Proteaceae
Proteales
Protean
Proteas
Protector of Boundaries (current term)
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Proteidae
Proteles
Proteles cristata
Proterochampsa
Proterozoic
Proterozoic aeon
Proterozoic eon
Protestancy
Protestant
Protestant Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
Protestant Movement
Protestant Reformation

Literary usage of Protector of Boundaries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race by Karl Otfried Müller (1830)
"Hercules, even in the spot whence his worship originated, was represented as a hero of great power abroad: he was the protector of boundaries and (if I may ..."

2. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race by Karl Otfried Müller (1830)
"... was represented as a hero of great power abroad: he was the protector of boundaries and (if I may be allowed the expression) of marches: afterwards, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"T: i- god appears to have been Jupiter himself, r- • garded as the protector of boundaries (Z«i iptos). The limits consecrated to him were not to bo ..."

4. Monthly Review (1820)
"... the protector of boundaries ; and, together with that chief of the greater Grecian deities, he addressed vows to Priam as a hero or demigod ; with the ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1820)
"... the protector of boundaries; and, together with that chief of the greater Grecian deities, he addressed vows to Priam as a hero or demigod; ..."

6. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1849)
"Jupiter Terminus, or the protector of boundaries, not only of private property, but of the state. As Jupiter was the prince of light, the white colour was ..."

7. Greek and Roman Mythology by Hermann Steuding, Karl Pomeroy Harrington, Herbert Cushing Tolman (1897)
"In this temple, moreover, was the sacred boundary stone, the emblem of Terminus, in order that Juppiter might be recognized as the protector of boundaries ..."

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