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Zocatora island, supposed to be Ophir,

i. 8.

Zoilus, the critic on Homer, hated by
Ptolemy, ii. 74.

Zopyrus, stratagem of, i. 158.

Zoroaster, his appearance in the reign

of Darius Hystaspis, i. 176; his ob-
scure origin, 177; supposed to be a
Jew, ib.; probably a servant of Daniel,
ib.; not a founder, but only a reformer,
of the Magian religion, 178; appeared
first in Media, ib. ; nature of his refor-
mations, the belief in one supreme God,
creator of both light ad darkness, 179;
the erection of temples over the altars
of sacred fire, 180; pretended to have
brought sacred fire from heaven, 181;
his Magian Liturgy, 182; framing his
reformations on a Jewish platform, ib. ;
his retirement in a cave, 183; his re-

moval from Media to Bactria, 184; his
extraordinary reputation for wisdom,
ib.; removes from Bactria to Susa,
186; spread of his reformation, ib.;
composes the Zendavesta, ib.; his re-
sidence at Balkh, as supreme head of
the Magian church, 188; slain by the
Scythians, 189; highly esteemed by
the Greeks, 190; Pythagoras declared
to be his scholar, ib.; called Zabratus,
ib.; antiquity attributed to him both
by the Greek and Latin writers, 192;
conflicting accounts of him, ib; preten-
sions of the ancient heretics to possess
his secret books, 193; prophecy of the
star in the East attributed to him, 194;
further inquiry into the true date and
character of Zoroaster and the Zenda-
vesta, 195-207.

THE END.

JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.

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