Zoroaster
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌzɒɹoʊˈæstəɹ/, /ˈzɒɹoʊˌæstəɹ/
- An ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named.
- Pseudepigraphic name used by various Ancient Greek and Latin authors of late antiquity to lend weight to their opinions.
Ostensible source/founder of Mithraism, the "mysteries" of the Roman Mysteriae Mithrae ("Mysteries of Mithras", "Mithraic Mysteries"), an astrology-centric, middle-platonic mystery cult of the 1st-4th century Roman Empire whose adherents worshiped in "caves" (i.e. Mithraea) in imitation of "Zoroaster". (Porphyry, De Antro Nympharum 6)
- French: Zoroastre, Zarathushtra, Zarathoustra
- German: Zarathustra
- Italian: Zoroastro
- Portuguese: Zoroastro, Zaratustra
- Russian: Зарату́стра
- Spanish: Zoroastro
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