[10] ‘duo apud Chaldaeos studuisse se dicunt, Epigenes et Apollonius Myndius’ Sen. _N. Q._ vii 4, 1; ‘Diogenes Stoicus [Chaldaeis] concedit, aliquid ut praedicere possint’ Cic. _Div._ ii 43, 90. Seneca concludes against their authority, observing (i) that a proper horoscope should include all the stars in the heaven at the moment of birth, and (ii) that twins should always have the same fortune, which is obviously untrue; see _N. Q._ ii 32, 6 to 8, _Ben._ vii 1, 5. [11] ‘tu ne quaesieris (scire nefas), quem mihi, quem tibi | finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios | temptaris numeros’ Hor. _C._ i 11, 1-3. [12] See the interesting tale of Thrasyllus and Tiberius in Tac. _Ann._ vi 21, to which the author affects to give some credit. [13] e.g., ‘seu Libra seu me Scorpios adspicit | formidulosus, pars violentior | natalis horae, seu tyrannus | Hesperiae Capricornus undae, | utrumque nostrum incredibili modo | consentit astrum’ Hor. _C._ ii 17, 17-22. [14] ‘Eudoxus, qui inter sapientiae sectas clarissimam utilissimamque [artem magicam] intellegi voluit, Zoroastrem hunc sex millibus annorum ante Platonis mortem fuisse prodidit: sic et Aristoteles’ Pliny, _N. H._ xxx 2, 1; cf. Diog. L. Prooem. 2 and 8. [15] Williams-Jackson, _Zoroaster_, p. 161. [16] _ib._ p. 174. [17] K. Geldner, _Encycl. Brit._ ed. x, article ‘Zoroaster.’ [18] Williams-Jackson, p. 7. [19] ‘Magiam ... cuius scientiae saeculis priscis multa ex Chaldaeorum arcanis Bactrianus addidit Zoroastres’ Amm. Marc. xxiii 6, 32. [20] [Zoroastres] ‘primus dicitur mundi principia siderumque motus diligentissime spectasse’ Justinus, _Hist. Phil._ i 1, 9 (Williams-Jackson, p. 237): ‘astris multum et frequenter intentus’ Clem. Rom. _Recogn._ iv 27. [21] ‘tradunt Zoroastrem in desertis caseo vixisse’ Pliny, _N. H._ xi 97. [22] ‘[Ahura Mazdā] created the paths of the sun and the stars; he made the moon to wax and wane’ (_Yasna_ 43, 3); ‘he made the light and the darkness’ (_ib._ 5); ‘he is the father of the good’ (_ib._ 46, 2). [23] ‘Ζωροάστρης ὁ μάγος ... προσαπεφαίνετο, τὸν μὲν ἑοικέναι φωτὶ μάλιστα τῶν αἰσθητῶν, τὸν δ’ ἔμπαλιν σκότῳ καὶ ἀγνοίᾳ’ Plut. _Isid. et Osir._ 46. [24] ‘Thus saith Cyrus, king of Persia:—all the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord, the God of heaven, given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem’ Ezra i 2. [25] See the interesting papyri records recently discovered in Elephantine, and published by Dr Sachau of Berlin. A general account of them is given by Prof. Driver in the London _Guardian_ for Nov. 6, 1907.