[148] West, loc. cit. c. 8.
[149] Justi, "Bundehesh," c. 1, 3, 34. [Cf. West's commentary on c. 34.]
[150] Spiegel, "Eran," 1, 507.
[151] Justi, "Bundehesh," c. 34.
[152] If the rise of Arsaces is put in the year 250 B.C. It makes no difference in the total if we choose the year 248 B.C. for the beginning of the Arsacids.
[153] Blau, "Z. D. M. G." 18, 686. Von Gutschmid, ibid.
[154] "Farvardin Yasht," 139.
[155] Aristot. "Metaph." 13, 4. Diogen. Laert. prooem.
[156] Theopom. Fragm. 71, 72, ed. Müller.
[157] Diogen. Laert. prooem., cf. Suidas, Μάγοι.