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On the [TWGOK wikia](http://kaminomi.wikia.com/wiki/Goddesses), it says that
the Jupiter Sisters are named after Roman gods and goddesses. Are they really
a group or something? Or did Wakaki-sensei just randomly select and choose a
suitable character for them? Do their traits match those of the real
gods/goddesses?

And also, is this picture based on a real place? ![caryatid statuary from the
TWGOK manga](https://i.stack.imgur.com/b7MvL.jpg)


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Are the Jupiter Sisters real?


Mercury, Mars, Minerva, Diana, Apollo, and Vulcan are all Roman deities, yes.
In particular, they are six of the twelve
[_Consentes_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dii_Consentes), the Roman
counterparts of the [twelve major
Olympians](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Olympians) of Greek myth.
What's a little bit weird is that while there are six female Consentes, that
set of six isn't the same as the set of six represented as the "Jupiter
sisters" in _TWGOK_. Minerva and Diana are female in Roman legend, but the
other four are male. (I suppose this is in keeping with the time-honored anime
tradition of gender-bending.)

Some of the traits of the sisters described on the wiki page you linked are
traits that were associated with the deities with which they share their name.
For example, legendary Mars is the god of war, while TWGOK Mars is "adept at
combat"; legendary Apollo cures illness in many legends, while TWGOK Apollo is
"adept at healing spells"; etc.

The same wiki page you linked suggests that the picture you included in your
question might be a reference to the caryatid statuary at [the
Erechtheion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erechtheion).


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