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Greek Mythology and Religion

The Oracles of Zeus

Dodona, Olympia, Ammon

by H. W. Parke

A study of the three principal oracles of Zeus in the Greek world: the oak oracle of Dodona, the oracle by sacrifice at Olympia, and the desert oracle of Ammon at Siwa. Parke assembles the literary and archaeological evidence for their history and methods. Still a standard starting point for Dodona.

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