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Definition of Protector of boundaries
1. Noun. An epithet for Jupiter.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protector Of Boundaries
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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