Zoroaster
['zɔ:rəu,æstə]
Definition
(noun.) Persian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism (circa 628-551 BC).
Editor: Wilma--From WordNet
Examples
- The vision of another world is ascribed to Er, the son of Armenius, who is said by Clement of Alexandria to have been Zoroaster. Plato. The Republic.
- Zoroaster (the Greek spelling of the Iranian, Zarathustra), like Buddha, was an Aryan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The philosophy of Heracleitus cannot be shown to be borrowed from Zoroaster, and still less the myths of Plato. Plato. The Republic.
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