Bident Jupiter (also known as Jove, Etruscan Tinia), the trident or bident thus represents a forked lightning bolt. In ancient Italy, thunder and lightning were read as signs of divine will, wielded by the sky god Jupiter in three forms or degrees of severity (see "manubia"). The Romans drew on Etruscan traditions for the interpretation of these signs. A tile found at Urbs Salvia in Picenum depicts an unusual composite Jove, "fairly bristling with weapons": a lightning bolt, a bident, and a trident, uniting the realms of sky, earth, and sea, and representing the three degrees of ominous lightning (see also
Journal of Visualized Experiments subtle manipulations necessary to perform the experiment successfully can be seen. JoVE currently operates as a subscription journal with an open access option, though JoVE started out as a full open access publication. JoVE will produce high quality videos for authors on-site in their laboratories. Submitting a closed access article to acquire a Jove Produced Video costs authors $2,400, as of 2017, in addition to the subscription costs incurred by readers. The open access option is available for $4,200. See the JoVE's costs page. Journal of Visualized Experiments The Journal of Visualized Experiments (styled JoVE) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal