Dodonian Zeus
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Dodonian Zeus or Zeus of Dodonia may refer to either of two figures who were worshipped at Dodona
, the oldest oracle of the ancient Greeks:
Dodona
Dodona in Epirus in northwestern Greece, was an oracle devoted to a Mother Goddess identified at other sites with Rhea or Gaia, but here called Dione, who was joined and partly supplanted in historical times by the Greek god Zeus.The shrine of Dodona was regarded as the oldest Hellenic oracle,...
, the oldest oracle of the ancient Greeks:
- Zeus NaosZeus NaosZeus Naos was a form of the Greek god Zeus worshipped at Dodona, the oldest oracle of the Greeks.In this form, he was worshiped at a sacred spring beneath an oak used for prognostication....
- Zeus BouleusZeus BouleusZeus Bouleus was a form of the Greek god Zeus worshipped at Dodona, the oldest oracle of the Greeks....