Dodona (genus)

The Punches (Dodona) are a genus of butterflies found in Asia.

Description

Fore wing broad, short, triangular; costa very slightly-arched ; apex subacute; termen slightly convex; tornus angulate; dorsum straight; cell comparatively broad, about half length of wing; veins 6 and 7 from upper apex of cell, therefore upper discocellular obsolete, middle and lower subequal, concave; vein 3 from a little before lower apex of cell, 4 from apex, 8 and 9 out of 7, 10 from upper apex of cell, 11 free, 12 very short, terminating opposite origin of 11. Hind wing: costa arched; apex broadly rounded; termen below apex straight to vein 4, then slightly bent inwards and slightly concave to torn us ; tornus produced and lobed, in some forms with a slender tail in addition ; dorsum slightly arched, nearly straight; cell about half length of wing; discocellulars oblique; vein 3 from just before lower apex of cell, 4 from apex ; costa at base angular. Antenna) over half length of fore wing ; club short, male reduced and clothed with soft hairs; tarsus one-jointed ; Female has the foreleg covered in scales and functional.

Dodona

Dodona (Doric Greek: Δωδώνᾱ, Dōdṓnā, Ionic and Attic Greek: Δωδώνη,Dōdṓnē) in Epirus in northwestern Greece was the oldest Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the second millennium BCE according to Herodotus. The earliest accounts in Homer describe Dodona as an oracle of Zeus. Situated in a remote region away from the main Greek poleis, it was considered second only to the oracle of Delphi in prestige.

Aristotle considered the region around Dodona to have been part of Hellas and the region where the Hellenes originated. The oracle was first under the control of the Thesprotians before it passed into the hands of the Molossians. It remained an important religious sanctuary until the rise of Christianity during the Late Roman era.

Description

During classical antiquity, according to various accounts, priestesses and priests in the sacred grove interpreted the rustling of the oak (or beech) leaves to determine the correct actions to be taken. According to a new interpretation, the oracular sound originated from bronze objects hanging from oak branches and sounded with the wind blowing, similar to a wind chime.

Dodona (disambiguation)

Dodona is a location in Greece, known for its oracle.

Dodona may also refer to:

See also

Dodona (see)

The former residential episcopal see of Dodona, situated in the Roman province of Epirus Vetus, is now a titular see of the Catholic Church.

History

The following information is drawn from the article by Louis Petit in the 1907 Catholic Encyclopedia, which considered the see of Dodona to be identical with that of Bonitza, then called "Bodone". (The Annuario Pontificio treats the titular sees of Bonitza and Dodona as distinct.)

At an early date a Christian church was built on the site of the temple of Zeus at Dodona. There are records of some early bishops of Dodona:

When Naupactus replaced Nicopolis as metropolitan see about the end of the 10th century, Dodona was the first suffragan see.