Zocatora island, supposed to be Ophir,
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.
JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.
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