“Great Greek Conquest”he characterized the Minister of Culture Mrs. Lina Mendoni the registration of Dodoni’s utilitarian sheets in the International Catalog of its Program Unesco, “Memory of the World”, during the official event for inclusion in the list, held at the Archaeological Museum of Ioannina last night.

In the “Sotiris Dakaris” room of the Museum, which is dedicated to the Sanctuary of Dodoni, a set of 67 plates is exhibited. The sheets of oracles, on which a total of 4,216 inscriptions can be read, date based on the writing, from the end of the 6th century. e.g. until the middle of the 3rd c. e.g. the questions are written in a variety of alphabets and dialects. People came to Manteio from all regions, from Syracuse and Taranto, Boeotia, Athens, Corinth.

As he mentions the Deputy Head of the Ephorate Varvara Papadopoulouthe lead plates are fragments of a few centimeters, which as a rule are palimpsest, because they were used many times.

The size of the letters does not exceed 1-1.5 millimeters. Regarding their subject, the questions are divided into public and private. Public questions are relatively few, are asked by cities or Commons, and usually concern political or religious matters. The most private questions are usually asked by men, rarely by women or couples, and concern issues that concern people at all times and cause them stress, such as family, health, professional, travel, property issues. Their value lies in the uniqueness of the authentic , of primary material, which is a very important contribution to the study of ancient Greek religion, which suffers from a lack of written sources.

The event was attended by the Metropolitan of Ioannina Mr. Maximos, the Speaker of the Parliament K. Tasoulas, MPs, mayors and a large crowd.

The utilitarian plates of Dodoni, from May 2023, constitute the 2nd Greek entry in the International List of the UNESCO “Memory of the World” Program. The nomination file was submitted by the Directorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities of the Ministry of Culture. For the scientific documentation of the nomination, the Directorate of the Ministry collaborated with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Ioannina.