Dodona

Dodona (; , Ionic and , ) in Epirus in northwestern Greece was the oldest Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the 2nd millennium BCE according to Herodotus. The earliest accounts in Homer describe Dodona as an oracle of Zeus. Situated in a remote region away from the main Greek poleis, it was considered second only to the Oracle of Delphi in prestige.

Key facts

Ancient site.name: Dodona
Ancient site.native_name: Δωδώνη
Ancient site.native_name_lang: grc-x-doric
Ancient site.image: Dodona-Greece-April-2008-107.JPG
Ancient site.caption: View of the bouleuterion in Dodona
Ancient site.map_type: Greece
Ancient site.location: Dodoni, Ioannina, Epirus, Greece
Ancient site.region: Epirus
Ancient site.type: City and sanctuary
Ancient site.built: 2nd millennium BCE
Ancient site.abandoned: 391–392 CE
Ancient site.epochs: Mycenaean Greek to Roman Imperial
Ancient site.cultures: Greek, Roman
Ancient site.condition: Ruined
Ancient site.ownership: Public
Ancient site.public_access: Yes

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Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού | Δωδώνη

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Description
History
Early history
Classical and Hellenistic Greece
Herodotus
Strabo
Other commentaries
See also
Footnotes
References
Further reading
External links

Aristotle considered the region around Dodona to have been part of Hellas and the region where the Hellenes originated. The oracle was first under the control of the Thesprotians before it passed into the hands of the Molossians. It remained an important religious sanctuary until the rise of Christianity during the Late Roman era.

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