sanctuary of Dodona

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The sanctuary of Dodona was an ancient Greek religious site in Epirus famed for its oracle of Zeus, where priests and priestesses interpreted the rustling of sacred oak leaves as divine messages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek religious site
archaeological site
oracle site
sanctuary of Zeus
archaeologicalExcavationsBy Greek archaeologists
associatedWith Dione
Zeus
surface form: Zeus Naios
attestedSince at least early 1st millennium BCE
consultedBy Greek city-states
foreign rulers
individuals seeking divine guidance
country Greece
currentUse archaeological site open to visitors
dedicatedTo Dione
Zeus
divinationMethod interpretation of lots or tablets
interpretation of rustling leaves of sacred oak
interpretation of sounds of bronze cauldrons
flourishedIn Classical period
Hellenistic period
hasFeature bouleuterion
prytaneion
sacred precinct around oak tree
stadium
temple of Dione
temple of Zeus
theatre
hasOracleOf Zeus
knownFor interpretation of rustling oak leaves
oracle of Zeus
sacred oak tree
locatedIn Epirus
northwestern Greece
mentionedBy Homer
mentionedIn Homer's Iliad
surface form: Iliad

Homer's Odyssey
surface form: Odyssey
near modern village of Dodoni
olderThan Oracle of Apollo
surface form: Oracle of Delphi
oneOf oldest oracles in Greece
priestesses female attendants
priests male priests (selloi or helloi)
region Epirus
religion ancient Greek religion
sacredTree oak
timePeriod Archaic Greece
Bronze Age origins (traditionally)
Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
surface form: Hellenistic Greece

Roman period use

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Dione worshipPlace sanctuary of Dodona
Dione associatedWith sanctuary of Dodona
this entity surface form: oracular oak of Dodona
Dione worshippedAlongside sanctuary of Dodona
this entity surface form: Zeus at Dodona
Dodona hasFeature sanctuary of Dodona
this entity surface form: sanctuary of Zeus
oak tree oracle associatedWith sanctuary of Dodona
subject surface form: Oak Tree Oracle
this entity surface form: sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona
oak tree oracle associatedMythology sanctuary of Dodona
subject surface form: Oak Tree Oracle
this entity surface form: Zeus and Dione at Dodona
Selloi associatedWith sanctuary of Dodona
this entity surface form: oracle of Zeus at Dodona
Selloi cultCenter sanctuary of Dodona
this entity surface form: sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona
Peleiades servedAt sanctuary of Dodona
this entity surface form: Oracle of Dodona
Peleiades cultCenter sanctuary of Dodona
this entity surface form: Dodona sanctuary
theatre of Dodona associatedWith sanctuary of Dodona
subject surface form: Theatre of Dodona
this entity surface form: Oracle of Dodona
theatre of Dodona associatedWith sanctuary of Dodona
subject surface form: Theatre of Dodona
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona
theatre of Dodona partOf sanctuary of Dodona
subject surface form: Theatre of Dodona
this entity surface form: Archaeological site of Dodona
theatre of Dodona religiousContext sanctuary of Dodona
subject surface form: Theatre of Dodona
this entity surface form: Zeus oracle cult at Dodona