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Headword:
Zôroastrês
Adler number: zeta,160
Translated headword: Zoroaster, Zarathustra
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Astronomer, in the time of Ninus, king of Assyria;[1] [the man] who prayed to be killed by a celestial fire, instructing the Assyrians to preserve his ashes -- for in this way [he said] their kingdom would continue for all time; and to this day his command has been observed by them.
Greek Original:Zôroastrês, astronomos, epi Ninou basileôs Assuriôn, hostis êuxato hupo puros ouraniou teleutêsai parenguêsas tois Assuriois tên tephran autou phulattein: houtô gar autois hê basileia ouk ekleipsei diapantos: hoper mechri nun pephulaktai par' autois.
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Reference:
J. Bidez and F. Cumont, Les mages hellénisés. Zoroastre, Ostanès et Hystaspe d’après la tradition grecque, 2 vols. (Paris, 1938), vol. 2, p. 61
Keywords: biography; chronology; geography; religion
Translated by: Phiroze Vasunia on 16 October 2002@18:44:29.
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