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Dodonian Zeus or Zeus of
Dodonia may
refer to
either of two
figures who were
worshipped at Dodona, the
oldest oracle of the
ancient Gr****s: Zeus Naos ("Zeus...
- many
subtribes that
included the Elopes, Graeci, K****opaeoi, Dryopes,
Dodonians (Gr****: Δωδωναίοι), Aegestaeoi, Eleaeoi, Elinoi, Ephyroi, Ikadotoi, Kartatoi...
- as "****enes". In the
Homeric tradition, the
Selloi were the
priests of
Dodonian Zeus. In the
Hesiodic Catalogue of Women,
Graecus is
presented as the son...
- ****enes
lived there as well.
According to Homer, they were
priests of the
Dodonian Zeus.
classicist and
linguist Steve Reece has
traced the
Homeric name Selloi...
- only
Delphi is lost, but also
three other Oracles, and that only Rhea's
Dodonian Oracle is
still valid. She
becomes upset upon
learning of the existence...
- Melisseus.
Hyginus also
states that
these three are "the ones that are
called Dodonian Nymphs (others call them the Naiads)". LIMC, p. 583;
Digital LIMC 1942...
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according to "others" they were Zeus's nurses, "the ones that are
called Dodonian Nymphys (others call them the Naiads)". The
story of
Adrasteia as one of...
- I, 352b.
Homer (Iliad, 16.233–235)
writes of
Achilles praying to the
Dodonian Zeus: '"King Zeus", he cried, "lord of Dodona, god of the Pelasgi, who...
- The ship
itself calls to them,
since its keel
includes a
magical beam of
Dodonian oak. The s****
cables are loosed.
Jason sheds a tear as they pull away...
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Selloi (possibly "sacrificers"[citation needed]) were said to be
priests of
Dodonian Zeus and
operators of the
first oracle. Folk
etymology linked the name...
