[964] Αστρονομιαν πρωτοι Βαβυλωνιοι εφευρον δια Ζωροαστρου, μεθ' ὁν Οστανης·--αφ' ὡν Αιγυπτιοι και Ἑλληνες εδεξαντο. Anon. apud Suidam. Αστρον. [965] Primus dicitur magicas artes invenisse. Justin. l. 1. c. 1. [966] Diog. Laertius Proœm. p. 6. [967] Την Μαγειαν την Ζωροαστρου του Ωρομαζου. Plato in Alcibiade l. 1. p. 122. Agathias calls him the son of Oromasdes. l. 2. p. 62. [968] Pliny. l. 7. c. 16. Risit eodem, quo natus est, die. See Lord's account of the modern Persees in India. c. 3. It is by them said, that he laughed as soon as he came into the world. [969] Hermippus apud Plinium. l. 30. c. 1. [970] Dio. Chrysostom. Oratio Borysthenica. 38. Fol. 448. Euseb. Præp. l. 1. p. 42. See also Agathias just mentioned. [971] Θυειν ευκταια και χαριστηρια. Plutarch Is. et Osir. p. 369. [972] Primus dicitur artes magicas invenisse, et mundi principia, siderumque motus diligentissime spectâsse. Justin. l. 1. c. 1. [973] Ζαραδης· διττη γαρ επ' αυτῳ επωνυμια. Agath. l. 2. p. 62. [974] Ζαρητις, Αρτεμις, Περσαι. Hesych. Zar-Ades signifies the Lord of light: Zar-Atis and Atish, the Lord of fire. [975] L. 1. c. 5. p. 16. Of the title Zar-Ovanus, I shall treat hereafter. [976] Plutarch. Is. et Osiris. p. 369. [977] See Agathias. l. 2. p. 62. [978] Plutarch says, that Zoroaster lived five thousand years before the Trojan war. Plutarch above. [979] Ὁυτος (ὁ Θεος) εστιν ὁ πρωτος, αφθαρτος, αϊδιος, αγεννητος, αμερης, ανομοιοτατος, ἡνιοχος παντος καλου, αδωροδοκητος, αγαθων αγαθωτατος, φρονιμων φρονιμωτατος. Εστι δε και πατηρ ευνομιας, και δικαιοσυνης, αυτοδιδακτος, φυσικος, και τελειος, και σοφος, και ἱερου φυσικου μονος ἑυρετης. Euseb. P. E. l. 1. p. 42. [980] Clemens. l. 5. p. 711. [981] Εν ᾁδη γενομενος εδαην παρα Θεων. Ibid. [982] Dion. Chrysostom. Oratio Borysthenica. p. 448. [983] Hyde. p. 312. [984] Abulfeda. vol. 3. p. 58. See Hyde. p. 312. [985] Hesych. Μαγον. [986] Suidas. Μαγοι. [987] Oratio Borysthen. p. 449. Μαγοι, ὁι περι το θειον σοφοι. Porph. de Abst. l. 4. p. 398. Apuleius styles Magia--Diis immortalibus acceptam, colendi eos ac venerandi pergnaram, piam scilicet et diviniscientem, jam inde a Zoroastre Oromazi, nobili Cælitum antistite. Apol. 1. p. 447. so it should be read. See Apuleii Florida. c. 15. p. 793. l. 3. Τους δε Μαγους περι τε θεραπειας θεων διατριβειν κλ. Cleitarchus apud Laertium. Proœm. p. 5. [988] Diodorus Sic. l. 2. p. 94. [989] Marcellinus. l. 23. p. 288. [990] Ibidem. It should be Regis prudentissimi; for Hystaspes was no king. [991] Rerum Franc. l. 1. He adds, Ab hoc etiam ignem adorare consueti, ipsum divinitus igne consumptum, ut Deum colunt. [992] Αστρον ζωον. Clemens Recognit. l. 4. c. 28. p. 546. Greg. Turonensis supra. Some have interpreted the name αστροθυτης.