The Nekromanteion temple is located in northwest Greece. According to he ancient Greek legend it was door to Hades, Kingdom of the Dead, ruled by Hades and Persephone. Temple is on the border of living and dead. People who wanted to talk with dead and find out future, came to this temple and undergo special ritual of necromancy. One of the visitors was famous Odysseus, who talked with dead prophet Tiresias.
Dodona was an oracle, older than the much more famous one at Delphi. In ancient Greece, oracles gave mortals insight into the future. Divination of the future was performed by specialized priests, who were inspired by the Greek gods. In Delphi, it was Apollo, while in Dodona it was originally Dione in the Archaic period, and Zeus was added later in the Classical period.
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