Dodona

[ duh-doh-nuh ]

/ dəˈdoʊ nə /

an ancient town in NW Greece, in Epirus: the site of a famous oracle of Zeus.

OTHER WORDS FROM Dodona

Do·do·nae·an, Do·do·ne·an, Do·do·ni·an

[dohd-n-ee-uh n, duh-doh-nee-uh n] /ˌdoʊd nˈi ən, dəˈdoʊ ni ən/, adjective

Others of your ancestors, old tree, formed the sacred grove of Dodona, where the oracles spake to minds as yet in darkness.

Some Summer Days in Iowa |Frederick John Lazell
He put his knowledge of French to the test by translating his own first literary production, Dodona's Grove.

The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times |Kathleen Lambley
He sent enormous offerings to the shrines of Dodona, and Delos, and Delphi.

The Eighteen Christian Centuries |James White
From the oaks of Dodona doves uttered oracles of the future.

The Catacombs of Rome |William Henry Withrow

If we understand the Dodona of Epirus, this will give a considerable range of country, all of it outside Thessaly.

Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 |W. E. Gladstone

Dodona

/ (dəʊˈdəʊnə) /

an ancient Greek town in Epirus: seat of an ancient sanctuary and oracle of Zeus and later the religious centre of Pyrrhus' kingdom

Dodonaean or Dodonean (ˌdəʊdəʊˈniːən), adjective