Sarkis S. Kazarov

Gods, nature, humanity: the role of the sacred oak in the mantica of the dodonian oracle

The ancient Greeks, being superstitious people, like other people, worshiped the forces of nature. They always strived to live in harmony with nature. The most popular tree, associated by the Greeks with the supreme god Zeus, was the oak. One of the most ancient and authoritative sanctuaries of ancient Greece was the o...