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Lead plaque from Sanctuary at Altar of Zeus, Dobona, Epirus, Greece, c214 BC. Some of the Kirkyrians (Corfu) ask the oracle to which god or hero they should sacrifice to govern their province well. The earliest accounts in Homer describe Dodona as an oracle of Zeus. Situated in a remote region away from the main Greek poleis, it was considered second only to the oracle of Delphi in prestige.