Mentioned in the writings of both Homer and Hesiod, it was destroyed in warfare by the Aetolians in 219 BCE, but probably restored later, including its magnificent theater built by Pyrrhus in the 3rd century BCE. Said to have been visited by Croesus of Lydia, it was sacred to Dione as well as its more famous association, and it lies in Epirus 80 kilometers east of Corfu. Its priests interpreted the murmurs of a fountain, the clanging of brass pots from branches, the activities of doves, and the rustlings of a great oak tree to infer the will of the king of gods. FTP, i
Mentioned in the writings of both Homer and Hesiod, it was destroyed in warfare by the Aetolians in 219 BCE, but probably restored later, including its magnificent theater built by Pyrrhus in the 3rd century BCE. Said to have been visited by Croesus of Lydia, it was sacred to Dione as well as its more famous association, and it lies in Epirus 80 kilometers east of Corfu. Its priests interpreted the murmurs of a fountain, the clanging of brass pots from branches, the activities of doves, and the rustlings of a great oak tree to infer the will of the king of gods. FTP, identify this ancient Greek oracle and sacred site to Zeus.
Mentioned in the writings of both Homer and Hesiod, it was destroyed in warfare by the Aetolians in 219 BCE, but probably restored later, including its magnificent theater built by Pyrrhus in the 3rd century BCE.
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