the oracle of Zeus
Zeus
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Bacchae Euripides 1 citation
Dionysus explicitly cites 'the oracle of Zeus' as the authority behind his prophecy that Kadmos will be transformed into a serpent and lead a barbarian army, relying on it to establish the certainty of the prediction.
And as the oracle of Zeus says, you will drive along with your wife a chariot of heifers, ruling over barbarians.
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Odyssey Homer 1 citation
Amphinomos explicitly appeals to the oracles of Zeus as the deciding authority for whether to kill Telemakhos, relying on it as a source of legitimacy for the suitors' action.
Let us first take counsel of the gods, and if the oracles of Zeus advise it, I will both help to kill him myself, and will urge everyone else to do so;
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