place
Dodona
also: Dodonian
Site of the oracular oak of Jupiter in Epirus; a beam from its sacred grove was set in the Argo, the 'Dodonian pine.'
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §2.25 Pelasgian oaks
The oracular oaks of Dodona in Epirus, oldest of Greek oracles; the poet's counsel claims oracular weight.
- The Heroides §6 the Dodonian pine
A beam from the oracular oak-grove of Jupiter at Dodona, built into the Argo's hull.
- Metamorphoses §7.180 Dodonaean seed
The oracle of Jupiter in Epirus, famed for its prophetic oaks; the seed of Aeacus's sacred oak came from there.
- Metamorphoses §13.418 Dodonian land
Dodona in Epirus, site of Jupiter's oracle of the talking oak.