| Deipaturos | |
|---|---|
| Equivalents | |
| Indo-European | Dyēus |
Deipaturos (Doric Greek:Δειπάτυροϛ,Deipáturos; lit. "sky-father")[1] was a deity worshipped in ancient times as theSky Father in the region ofTymphaea.[2][3]
Deipáturos was recorded by the Greek grammarianHesychius of Alexandria (fifth or sixth century AD), in an entry of his lexicon named "Deipáturos, a god among the Stymphians" (Δειπάτυροϛ θεὸϛ παρὰ Στυμφαίοις). Deipaturos was worshipped as theSky Father (*Dyēus-Ph₂tḗr), a linguisticcognate of the VedicDyáuṣ Pitṛ́, GreekZeus Patēr and RomanJupiter.[2][1]
Deipáturos is considered anIllyrian theonym.[4][5]
According toMartin L. West, "the formal parallelism between the names of the IllyrianDeipaturos and theMessapicDamatura ["earth-mother"] may favour their having been a pair, but evidence of the liaison is lacking."[6]
