ANCIENT THEATRE OF DODONI - ΑΡΧΑΙΟ ΘΕΑΤΡΟ ΔΩΔΩΝΗΣ. - Το θέαυτρο κατασκευάστηκε τον 3ο π.Χ. αιώνα επί Πύρρου.

'For ending the Peloponnesean War, Lysander of Sparta, bestowed upon his native land the supreme power, generally agreed, both on land and sea. Consequently, having become filled with pride on this account, he conceived the idea of dissolving to the kingship of the Heraclidae and making every Spartan eligible to election as king; for he hoped that the kingship would very soon come to him because of his achievements, which were very great and glorious. Knowing that the Lacedaemonians paid much attention to the responses of oracles, he attempted to bribe the prophetesses of Delphi, since he believed that, should he receive an oracular response in agreement with his designs, he could easily carry out his project to a successful finish. But when he could not win over the attendants of the oracle, despite the large sums of money he promised them, he opened negotiations on the same matter with the priestesses of the oracle of Dodone, through Phenecrates, who was a native of Apollonia and frequenting with the attendants of the shrine.' From Diodoros' of Sicily Library of History. Book 14: 13 (2-4).

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