Afterwards Pater, or father, was added to it; whence was formed Joupater and Jupiter. […] Aurora, every morning, opens the gates of heaven, precedes her father, and announces his return. […] Dionysius, from his father Jupiter; or, from the nymphs called Nysæ, by whom he was nursed. […] which his father Jove frequently addressed to him during the war of the Giants and the Gods. […] He is called the universal father; the father of battles; because he adopts, as his children, all those who die with arms in their hands.