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This page describes the practice. There is deliberately no automated reading for it — see the notes below.
Background
Dodona in Epirus was the oldest Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the 2nd millennium BCE according to Herodotus. Homer describes it as an oracle of Zeus, and it was considered second only to Delphi in prestige.
How it works
Questions were put to the oracle and answered by its priests and priestesses.
At a glance
- Also called
- Dodona, Oracle of Zeus
- Traditions
- Ancient Greek
- Regions
- Ancient Mediterranean
- You need
- Nothing
- Price
- Free