Dodona
noun
an ancient town in NW Greece, in Epirus: the site of a famous oracle of Zeus.
Dodonian
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a word derived from
Dodona.
Example Sentences
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The oracular powers of the Dodonian oaks are frequently alluded to, not only by the Greek and Latin poets, but by those of modern times.
From Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous
They are curiously oracular, like the whisperings of those fabled Dodonian oaks of his fatherland; they heave with a darkly-virile mysticism.
From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman
That grand oak tree may shed Dodonian influence.
From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by Venable, William Henry
If further she should go, will she not see That other Argos, the Dodonian land?
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert
Then was the faire Dodonian tree far seene Upon seaven hills to spread his gladsome gleame, And conquerours bedecked with his greene, Along the bancks of the Ausonian streame.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Spenser, Edmund
