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Headword:
*zwroa/strhs
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:*zwroa/strhs, a)strono/mos, e)pi\ *ni/nou basile/ws *)assuri/wn, o(/stis hu)/cato u(po\ puro\s ou)rani/ou teleuth=sai paregguh/sas toi=s *)assuri/ois th\n te/fran au)tou= fula/ttein: ou(/tw ga\r au)toi=s h( basilei/a ou)k e)klei/yei diapanto/s: o(/per me/xri nu=n pefu/laktai par' au)toi=s.
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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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