A reassessment of a misinterpreted oracular enquiry from Dodona (= Lhôte, 2006: 214-216 no. 100)
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https://doi.org/10.25145/j.fortunat.2024.39.05Keywords:
Dodona, oracular tablets, Greek dialectology, Ionic dialect, Greek epigraphyAbstract
The purpose of this study is to reassess an oracular enquiry preserved on the front of a leaden plate and to reinterpret the last line of the text. The lamella was found during excavations conducted by Demetrios Evangelides at Dodona, and was first published by him in 1935. Since then, the epigraphic text and its dialectal features have been given relatively little attention, and the problematic last line has not yet received a satisfactory reinterpretation.
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