A discourse on the origin of the oracles and the historical context surrounding the establishment of Pharos

Sa？etak In Croatian historiography, two passages by Diodorus have always garnered particular attention. These are the thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of book XV in which this Greek historian from the 1st century BC, originally from Sicily, described the arrival of the Parians on the island of Pharos (today’s Hvar) in 385/384 BC. According to Diodorus (XV, 13, 4) the Parians sent out colonists to the Adriatic following the advice of an oracle (κατ？ τινα χρησμ/ν). The origin of this oracle is elaborated in detail in this paper with the help of a comparative analysis of selected passages from The Library of History and the archaeological and historical context. Particular scrutiny is accorded to the question of whether the oracle originated in Dodona or Delphi