sanctuary of Dodona

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ancient Greek religious site archaeological site oracle site sanctuary of Zeus

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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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Oracle of Dodona 2
sanctuary of Dodona canonical 2
sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona 2

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Archaeological Museum of Ioannina → hasExhibitFromSite → sanctuary of Dodona ⓘ