Dodona (dōdō`nə), in Greek religion, the oldest oracle oracle, in Greek religion, priest or priestess who imparted the response of a god to a human questioner. The word is also used to refer to the response itself and to the shrine of a god. Every oracular shrine had a fixed method of divination.
..... Click the link for more information. , in inland Epirus, near modern Janina, sacred to Zeus and Dione. According to Herodotus, an old oak tree there became an oracle when a black dove, from Egyptian Thebes, settled on it. Priestesses interpreted the rustling of the tree's leaves, the cooing of doves, and the clanging of brass vessels that were hung from the tree's branches. The site has been extensively excavated in the 20th cent.

Dodona

Sanctuary of the Greek god Zeus, located at Epirus. Mentioned by Homer, it was the site of an oracle, where messages came through the rustling of leaves or other natural sounds. There was also a large bronze gong that vibrated in the breeze.

Dodona

an ancient Greek town in Epirus: seat of an ancient sanctuary and oracle of Zeus and later the religious centre of Pyrrhus' kingdom

Dodona

oldest oracle of Zeus in Greece. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 83]

See : Prophecy

Dodona (redirected from Dodoni, Greece)

Dodona

Dodona
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