[138] C. 20 in Justi, [c. 20; § 32 West]; cf. "Vend." 19, 15.
[139] C. 30, cf. above, p. 40. [C. 29, § 14, West.]
[140] Strabo, p. 515, derives it from Atropates, whom Alexander made satrap there.
[141] Still less important than the Bundehesh is the gloss on "Vend." 1, 60. "Many say that Zartusht was from Rak in Atropatan." Ragha is not in Atropatene.
[142] Spiegel, "Eran," 1, 684 ff.
[143] Plin. "H. N." 30, 2. Diogen. Laert. prooem. The different readings of 500 years in Suidas and 600 in Diogenes, as compared with 5000 and 6000 in the other MSS., can hardly be maintained against the uniform evidence of other witnesses.
[144] Plut. "De Isid." c. 47.
[145] "Vend." 19, 33; Spiegel, "Avesta," 3, 9, 201, 206.
[146] "Ashi Yasht," 17; "Vend." 2, 20 ff.
[147] West, "Mainyo-i-Khard," p. x.