New Britain herald., 1920-02-02
.EPIRUS: RENOWNED ' FOR ITS OLD ORACLE
Woman Also Figures in Ancient } Legend

ne eastern SnOre IlRc Ol AUfldIc sea which continues southward as the eastern shore of tho Ionian sea, tho exit Of the .Adriatic has been a secth- ms cauldroE Of racial strife from the htime Of the Persian and Roman em- lpIx to the peace conference of l2lH, Hofkc unto the controversy betw cen >l titlJ and the new kin GClonI of the Serbs. Greats, and Slovcres over Fiji unlc. is the dispute farther south con corning the historic Epirus now part lJ ill Albania. which Greece wishes wholly restored to her domain.
 Five centuries before Christ Epirus Was set off like d little island, apart Nfr@sl .AloNander's vast domains. with Aacedonir and Hellas and the Ionian set as it's boundaries. The name. IAmcaning ''muin land.'' was given it to distinguish it from the Grccian | islands winch fringe it's coast line.
 Corinthians. Athcnians and Spar tans looked upon tn" E,pirotcs as bar btritns. though Aristotle believed kpirus the original home Of the HcI- lencS. To-day the ma jOv portion of the E1ncient area is comprised in Albania, tamOnE the youngest and least known Pof all the states of Europe.
 .ku>tFing of Leaves Interpreted ae
 Divine Messages.
 -\n oracle and q woman won for EpruS rcnoWn in the ancient world. From prehistoric tirlrs messages Of tn" gods were received at Dodona through the ruStlings of the leaves on -ln oak tree where Zcus was supposed b. turk. and from Epirus came Olym-
 Ns. mother of Alexander the Great whose sons rvnoWn does not over shadow her own nlajor part jn the history of he" times.
 Ruins of the Dodona temples were discovered within the last half cen lury d few miles southwest of Jan ina. According 10 local tradition the first message Wa@ delivered by Il dove
 AAtking with a human voic" from
 E. top. Prtcstcs csscs wcr,, called Pcl- aides. or doves.
 Rivalry between the ofitcie of IeuS tt Dodona and that of Apollo at Del phi became keen. pricStcsSeS ut the former invented new ways of recetv- ing mcssa Ses, including interpreta- jos or the murmurs Of d brook, and -- he sounds of q mctal-itirpcd whip its the wind drove il against a bronze u2F$'od.
 Cioc~u~ Read His .hnSMcr Wrongly. Croesus Wus supposed to have con- Ssulted the DodOn2 or;lr'H about hlS proposed campaign against Cyrus. king of tn" Pc rsians. He acted upon
 he more tiartering prophecy at r"l- phi which promised he would f'dt- i stroy a great kingdom" The pT9'dlr- ton was verified: he kingdom de .lroyed was his own. .
 V'ew biographies Ut women are more fascinating than that of OlNm- bias. She was the daughter of Il King or Epirus who traced his an :estry to | son.of Achilles. She married Philip IT, of MucCGOU. Her character be trays an amazing compound of the devoted mother. the pleasure seeking = q CleopHtr&. and the ;tstutc states nn&hip of Maria Theresa. piuta1ch -.ives u vivid description of her fan taste snuI" dances F.stranged from Philip. she was suspected of having ;L bart in his murder.
 Pyrrhus. descended from .\lcNun- dcr's aunt. waGed q War with Home and made Epirus q power in world MIitics for q brief period. \ century .ad q half after his death the RO- mans annihiluted th" forces of Per Scus at Pydlna and the punishment meted out to Epirus for it's part in inc Wa" was the obstruction of IV uf her principal cities and cnsavcment of 1J0.0UO of her citizens. The king dom never recovered from that blow.
 Epirus is extremely mountainous. From ancient times to the present day it's cattle and horses have been noted and ii w1s famous for d peculiar breed of dog. the Molossian.