Kitap 2
55.2
the latter settled on an oak tree, and there uttered human speech, declaring that a place of divination from Zeus must be made there; the people of Dodona [20.8,39.55] (Perseus) Dodona understood that the message was divine, and therefore established the oracular shrine.
55.3
The dove which came to Libya [17,25] (nation), Africa Libya told the Libyans (they say) to make an oracle of Ammon; this also is sacred to Zeus. Such was the story told by the Dodonaean priestesses, the eldest of whom was Promeneia and the next Timarete and the youngest Nicandra; and the rest of the servants of the temple at Dodona [20.8,39.55] (Perseus) Dodona similarly held it true.
56.1
But my own belief about it is this. If the Phoenicians did in fact carry away the sacred women and sell one in Libya [17,25] (nation), Africa Libya and one in Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe Hellas , then, in my opinion, the place where this woman was sold in what is now Greece [22,39] (nation), Europe Hellas , but was formerly called Pelasgia, was +Nomo Thesprotias [20.333,39.5] (department), Epirus, Greece, Europe Thesprotia ;
56.2
and then, being a slave there, she established a shrine of Zeus under an oak that was growing there; for it was reasonable that, as she had been a handmaid of the temple of Zeus at Thebes [32.666,25.683] (deserted settlement), Qina, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa Thebes , she would remember that temple in the land to which she had come.
