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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.
Notes:
From late historiography; cf. John of Antioch fr.3 FHG (4.541), now 5 Roberto; Gelzer, Julius Africanus 1.79.
For Z. see also alpha 2723 and alpha 4257; zeta 159 and zeta 161; and mu 28.
[1] See under nu 417.
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.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 16 October 2002@20:55:53.
Catharine Roth on 16 October 2002@21:40:43.
David Whitehead (x-ref; cosmetics) on 7 June 2004@06:21:34.
Catharine Roth (added alternative headword translation) on 13 September 2004@00:46:12.
Catharine Roth (augmented notes) on 13 September 2004@22:01:00.
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaking) on 2 December 2012@04:50:02.
David Whitehead (tweaked and expanded primary note) on 30 January 2015@05:35:00.

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