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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That grand oak tree may shed Dodonian influence.
From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by William Henry Venable
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 Edmund Spenser
After this the Dodonian oracles were always delivered to the Bœotians by men.
From Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous
Dione, a Greek goddess of the earlier mythology; figures as the wife of the Dodonian Zeus; drops into subordinate place after his nuptials with Hera.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
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
