Dodona

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Dodona was an ancient Greek oracle and sanctuary in Epirus, renowned as one of the oldest religious sites dedicated to Zeus.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dodona canonical 13
Oracle of Dodona 1
oracle of Dodona 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek oracle
archaeological site
religious sanctuary
alsoDedicatedTo Dione
archaeologicalExcavationsBegan late 19th century
associatedDeity Dione
associatedWith Epirote League
consultedBy Greek city-states
individuals seeking divine guidance
controlledBy Molossian kings of Epirus
country Greece
cultTitleOfZeus Zeus
surface form: Zeus Naios

Zeus
surface form: Zeus of Dodona
culturalPeriod Greek Antiquity
surface form: ancient Greece
declineBegan Roman period
dedicatedTo Zeus
divinationMethod interpreting sound of bronze vessels
listening to rustling of sacred oak leaves
flourishedDuring Archaic period
Classical period
Hellenistic period
hasArchaeologicalRemains inscribed lead tablets
temple foundations
theatre of Dodona
hasFeature priestly buildings
sacred oak tree
sanctuary of Dodona
surface form: sanctuary of Zeus

temples
theatre
knownFor interpretation of bronze cauldrons sounds
interpretation of rustling leaves
oak tree oracle
languageOfInscriptions Greeks
surface form: Greek
locatedIn Epirus
mainDeity Zeus
surface form: Zeus Naios
mentionedBy Homer
mentionedIn Homer's Iliad
surface form: Iliad

Homer's Odyssey
surface form: Odyssey
modernNearbyCity Ioannina
olderThan Oracle of Apollo
surface form: Oracle of Delphi
oneOf oldestGreekOracles
priestessesCalled Peleiades
priestsCalled Selloi
regionInAntiquity Epirus in northwestern Greece
religion ancient Greek religion
sackedBy Aetolians
Romans
typeOfQuestionsAsked yes-or-no questions
UNESCOTentativeListStatus yes

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Referenced by (15)

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

Zeus notablePlaceOfWorship Dodona
Ancient Greek religion hasOracularCenter Dodona
this entity surface form: Oracle of Dodona
Dione associatedWith Dodona
Zeus and Hera cultCenter Dodona
subject surface form: Zeus
oak tree oracle locatedIn Dodona
subject surface form: Oak Tree Oracle
Molossian kings of Epirus associatedWith Dodona
this entity surface form: oracle of Dodona
Epirote League notableSite Dodona
Selloi locatedIn Dodona
Peleiades location Dodona
theatre of Dodona locatedIn Dodona
subject surface form: Theatre of Dodona