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Headword:
Ζωροάστρης
Adler number: zeta,159
Translated headword: Zoroaster, Zarathustra
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Medo-Persian, wise man.
See about this man under "astronomy."[1]
[It was he] who introduced the title Magi, as they were commonly known among themselves. He lived five hundred years before the Trojan War.[2] Tradition attributed to him 4 books On Nature, 1 On Precious Stones, a work on Observations of the Stars, 5 books on Eschatology.
Greek Original:Ζωροάστρης, Περσομῆδος, σοφός. ζήτει περὶ τούτου ἐν τῇ ἀστρονομίᾳ. ὃς καὶ πρῶτος ἦρξε τοῦ παρ' αὐτοῖς πολιτευομένου ὀνόματος τῶν Μάγων. ἐγένετο δὲ πρὸ τῶν Τρωϊκῶν ἔτεσι φ#. φέρεται δὲ αὐτοῦ Περὶ φύσεως βιβλία δ#, Περὶ λίθων τιμίων α#, Ἀστεροσκοπικά, Ἀποτελεσματικὰ βιβλία ε#.
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
ἀστήρ "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]
Alpha 4257.
[2] 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; philosophy; religion
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.
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