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Headword:
*zwroa/strhs
Adler number: zeta,159
Translated headword: Zoroaster, Zarathustra
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A Perso-Mede,[1] a wise man.
See about this man under "astronomy."[2]
[It was he] who introduced the title Magi, as they were commonly known among themselves. He lived five hundred years before the Trojan War.[3] Tradition attributed to him 4 books On Nature, 1 On Precious Stones, a work on Observations of the Stars, 5 books on Astrological Influences.
Greek Original:*zwroa/strhs, *persomh=dos, sofo/s. zh/tei peri\ tou/tou e)n th=| a)stronomi/a|. o(\s kai\ prw=tos h)=rce tou= par' au)toi=s politeuome/nou o)no/matos tw=n *ma/gwn. e)ge/neto de\ pro\ tw=n *trwi+kw=n e)/tesi f#. fe/retai de\ au)tou= *peri\ fu/sews bibli/a d#, *peri\ li/qwn timi/wn a#, *)asteroskopika/, *)apotelesmatika\ bibli/a e#.
Notes:
See also
alpha 2723 and
alpha 4257;
zeta 160 and
zeta 161; and
mu 28.
The Greek form of Zarathustra's name has evidently been influenced by
a)sth/r "star": according to
Diogenes Laertius 1.8, 'Deinon in the fifth book of his
History says that Zoroaster, literally interpreted, means star-worshipper, and
Hermodorus says this too'.
[1] This ethnic adjective is otherwise unattested (and not in LSJ).
[2]
alpha 4257.
[3] According to
Diogenes Laertius 1.2, '
Hermodorus the Platonist in his work on mathematics gives the date of the Magoi, beginning with Zoroaster the Persian, as 5000 years before the fall of
Troy; but
Xanthus the Lydian reckons 6000 years from Zoroaster to Xerxes' expedition.'
J. Bidez and F. Cumont, Les mages hellénisés. Zoroastre, Ostanès et Hystaspe d’après la tradition grecque, 2 vols. (Paris, 1938) vol. 2, pp. 18, 140
Keywords: biography; chronology; geography; historiography; philosophy; religion; science and technology
Translated by: Phiroze Vasunia on 16 October 2002@18:39:05.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 16 October 2002@20:45:19.
Catharine Roth on 16 October 2002@21:39:38.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 17 October 2002@03:31:43.
Catharine Roth (added alternative version of the name) on 13 September 2004@00:44:51.
Catharine Roth (added note, at the suggestion of Andres Rodriguez Cumplido and with the help of David Whitehead) on 14 September 2004@11:42:00.
Catharine Roth (formatting) on 14 September 2004@11:42:45.
Catharine Roth (added another note, with help from DW) on 14 September 2004@11:47:20.
David Whitehead (typo) on 15 September 2004@02:55:39.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; tweaking) on 2 December 2012@04:44:10.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 25 June 2021@00:50:27.
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