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In the gloomy recesses of its forests of oak was situated the renowned Dodonean oracle of Zeus.
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
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If there was only a Dodonean oak in them, I should imagine myself to be in possession of Epirus.
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Dodonean oak thus addressed them: "The cruel murder of Absyrtus was witnessed by the Erinyes, and you will not escape the wrath of Zeus until the goddess Circe has purified you from your crime.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens
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'Twould seem our furniture was all of Dodonean oak.)
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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