[963] See Huetius ibid.
[964] Αστρονομιαν πρωτοι Βαβυλωνιοι εφευρον δια Ζωροαστρου, μεθ' ὁν Οστανης·—αφ' ὡν Αιγυπτιοι και Ἑλληνες εδεξαντο. Anon. apud Suidam. Αστρον.
[965] Primus dicitur magicas artes invenisse. Justin. l. 1. c. 1.
[966] Diog. Laertius Proœm. p. 6.
[967] Την Μαγειαν την Ζωροαστρου του Ωρομαζου. Plato in Alcibiade l. 1. p. 122.
Agathias calls him the son of Oromasdes. l. 2. p. 62.
[968] Pliny. l. 7. c. 16. Risit eodem, quo natus est, die. See Lord's account of the modern Persees in India. c. 3. It is by them said, that he laughed as soon as he came into the world.
[969] Hermippus apud Plinium. l. 30. c. 1.
[970] Dio. Chrysostom. Oratio Borysthenica. 38. Fol. 448. Euseb. Præp. l. 1. p. 42. See also Agathias just mentioned.
[971] Θυειν ευκταια και χαριστηρια. Plutarch Is. et Osir. p. 369.