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Meetings with Magi: Iranian Themes among the Greeks, from Xanthus of Lydia to Plato's Academy

Kingsley, Peter·1995·Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
DOI 10.1017/s1356186300015340
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There are not many people who can be said to have done something first. To Xanthus of Lydia belongs the distinction of being the first person on record to write in Greek about Zoroaster and aspects of Iranian religion. Not a Greek but writing in Greek, and living in the country that still joins Asia and Europe, he was to play an exemplary role in presenting details of an eastern religion directly to a western audience.

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Authors
Kingsley, P.
Corresponding author
Kingsley, Peter
Venue
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1995-07
Volume
5
Issue
2
Pages
173-209
ISSN
  • 1356-1863 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-0591
DOI
10.1017/s1356186300015340
OpenAlex
W2150308077
Cited by
50
References
0
Citations by year
2025: 22 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
5.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 5199 d)
Locations
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Classics › Classical Antiquity Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Eurasian Exchange Networks
Keywords
Zarathustra, Iranian religion, Plato's Academy, ancient Greek literature, Zoroastrianism

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Kingsley, P. (1995). Meetings with Magi: Iranian Themes among the Greeks, from Xanthus of Lydia to Plato's Academy. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1356186300015340