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[233] Achilles prays to the great god of his own far distant land. The oracle of Zeus at Dodona is referred to in the Odyssey (Od. 14.327, Od. 19.296) as a place where his counsel is learned from a high-leafed oak; that is, from the sounds given by the rustling leaves. Its antiquity is mentioned by Herodotus (II, 52), who says that the oracle of Dodona was regarded as the oldest among the Greeks.

ἄνα, vocative of “ἄναξ”.

Selections from Homer's Iliad, with an introduction, notes, a short Homeric grammar, and a vocabulary. Allen Rogers Benner. New York. Irvington Publishers, Inc. 1903.

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