Dodone (other)
Dodone can refer to * An alternate spelling of the ancient city of Dodona, in Epiris in northwestern Greece, where the oldest oracle of Zeus was located. * Dodone (mythology), an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology, said to be the eponym of the ancient city of Dodona See also * Dodon (other) * Dodona (other) Dodona is a location in Greece, known for its oracle. Dodona may also refer to: * Dodona (Thessaly), a city in ancient Thessaly, Greece * ''Dodona'' (butterfly), a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae * 382 Dodona, an asteroid * Dodona ( ...

Dodona
Dodona (; Doric Greek: Δωδώνα, ''Dōdṓnā'', Ionic and Attic Greek: Δωδώνη, ''Dōdṓnē'') in Epirus in northwestern Greece was the oldest Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the second 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. Aristotle considered the region around Dodona to have been part of Hellas and the region where the Hellenes originated.; Aristotle. ''Meteorologica''1.14 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. Description During classical antiquity, according to various accounts, priestesses and priests in the sacred grove interpreted the rustling of the oak (or beech) leaves to determine th ...
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Dodone (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Dodone ( Ancient Greek: Δωδώνης) was said to be one of the Oceanid nymphs (the 3,000 daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys), after whom the ancient city of Dodona was named. The 6th century AD grammarian Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni ... (''s.v.'' ''Δωδὠνη''), writes that according to Thrasyboulos (''FHG'' II 464, a), as reported by Epaphroditus (fr. 57 Braswell–Billerbeck) in his commentary on Callimachus's '' Aetia'' (fr. 53 Pfeiffer), the ancient city Dodona was named after an Oceanid nymph named Dodone. Stephanus further notes that, according to Akestodorus, the city was instead named after Dodon, a son of Zeus and Europa, but concludes that it is more likely that the city was named a ...
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Dodon (other)
Dodon may refer to *Dodon (farm), a farm and former tobacco plantation in Maryland, U.S. * Dodon, Kyrgyzstan, a village in Kyrgyzstan * L'Isle-en-Dodon, a commune in France * Lac Dodon, an iron meteorite discovered in Canada * Igor Dodon (born 1975), President of Moldova * Galina Dodon (born 1977), First Lady of Moldova See also *Dodona (other) *Dodone (other) Dodone can refer to * An alternate spelling of the ancient city of Dodona, in Epiris in northwestern Greece, where the oldest oracle of Zeus was located. * Dodone (mythology), an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology, said to be the eponym of the ancie ...