Hugh Bowden is Professor of Ancient History at King's College London. He is the author of books on the oracle of Delphi, ancient mystery cults and Alexander the Great. The main focus of his research is religious experience in the ancient world. Esther Eidinow is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bristol. She works on ancient Greek culture and literature, especially religion and magic, and has published widely in this area. Most recently, she designed and led the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded Virtual Reality Oracle project. She is also a Fellow of the British Academy.

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• Introduction: contexts and chronotopes Esther Eidinow; Part I. Site and Senses: 1. 'At a Time When the Temple of Dodonean Zeus had no Walls' Until the first century BCE Eleni Vasileiou; 2. Pilgrimage to Dodona: visibility, movement, motivation Diego Chapinal-Heras; 3. What can the lead tell us? Hugh Bowden; 4. Materialist insights: the tablets of Dodona as objects Erica Angliker; 5. Soundscape and religious experience at Dodona Katerina Kolotourou; Part II. Consultation and Cognition; 6. The lost 'Instructions for Use' of the Dodonaean Lamellae Pierre Bonnechere; 7. Master of clarity: the utterances of Zeus Dodonaios in fifth-century tragedy Jessica Piccinini; 8. Selves, self-talk and stories in the Dodona Oracle question tablets Esther Eidinow; 9. The environmental dimension of consultations at Dodona: negotiating material practice, performing resilience Christopher Schliephake; 10. Consulting the Oracle at Dodona: an Ontological Perspective Michael Flower.

Hugh Bowden is Professor of Ancient History at King's College London. He is the author of books on the oracle of Delphi, ancient mystery cults and Alexander the Great. The main focus of his research is religious experience in the ancient world. Esther Eidinow is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bristol. She works on ancient Greek culture and literature, especially religion and magic, and has published widely in this area. Most recently, she designed and led the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded Virtual Reality Oracle project. She is also a Fellow of the British Academy.

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• Introduction: contexts and chronotopes Esther Eidinow; Part I. Site and Senses: 1. 'At a Time When the Temple of Dodonean Zeus had no Walls' Until the first century BCE Eleni Vasileiou; 2. Pilgrimage to Dodona: visibility, movement, motivation Diego Chapinal-Heras; 3. What can the lead tell us? Hugh Bowden; 4. Materialist insights: the tablets of Dodona as objects Erica Angliker; 5. Soundscape and religious experience at Dodona Katerina Kolotourou; Part II. Consultation and Cognition; 6. The lost 'Instructions for Use' of the Dodonaean Lamellae Pierre Bonnechere; 7. Master of clarity: the utterances of Zeus Dodonaios in fifth-century tragedy Jessica Piccinini; 8. Selves, self-talk and stories in the Dodona Oracle question tablets Esther Eidinow; 9. The environmental dimension of consultations at Dodona: negotiating material practice, performing resilience Christopher Schliephake; 10. Consulting the Oracle at Dodona: an Ontological Perspective Michael Flower.

Hugh Bowden is Professor of Ancient History at King's College London. He is the author of books on the oracle of Delphi, ancient mystery cults and Alexander the Great. The main focus of his research is religious experience in the ancient world. Esther Eidinow is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bristol. She works on ancient Greek culture and literature, especially religion and magic, and has published widely in this area. Most recently, she designed and led the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded Virtual Reality Oracle project. She is also a Fellow of the British Academy.

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• Introduction: contexts and chronotopes Esther Eidinow; Part I. Site and Senses: 1. 'At a Time When the Temple of Dodonean Zeus had no Walls' Until the first century BCE Eleni Vasileiou; 2. Pilgrimage to Dodona: visibility, movement, motivation Diego Chapinal-Heras; 3. What can the lead tell us? Hugh Bowden; 4. Materialist insights: the tablets of Dodona as objects Erica Angliker; 5. Soundscape and religious experience at Dodona Katerina Kolotourou; Part II. Consultation and Cognition; 6. The lost 'Instructions for Use' of the Dodonaean Lamellae Pierre Bonnechere; 7. Master of clarity: the utterances of Zeus Dodonaios in fifth-century tragedy Jessica Piccinini; 8. Selves, self-talk and stories in the Dodona Oracle question tablets Esther Eidinow; 9. The environmental dimension of consultations at Dodona: negotiating material practice, performing resilience Christopher Schliephake; 10. Consulting the Oracle at Dodona: an Ontological Perspective Michael Flower.