god
Ammon
Hammon
also: Hammonis, Hammone, Hammon
The Libyan oracular god (Egyptian Amun, equated with Jupiter), whose oracle at the Siwa oasis Cicero ranks with Delphi and Dodona among the great consulting-places.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of the Gods §1.82 Jupiter Hammon
The ram-horned god of the Libyan oracle at Siwah, identified by Greeks and Romans with Jupiter (Zeus). His African form differs from the Capitoline Jupiter of Rome, illustrating Cotta's point about local variation.