See also:

• HYSTASPES (the Greek form of the Persian Vishtaspa)

HYSTASPES (the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian Vishtaspa)  . (i) A semi-legendary See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king (See also:

• KAVA (CAVA or AVA)

kava), praised by Zoroaster as his See also:

• PROTECTOR

protector and a true believer, son of Aurvataspa (Lohrasp) . The later tradition and the Shahname of Firdousi makes him (in the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form Kai Gushtasp) king of See also:

• IRAN

Iran . As Zoroaster probably preached his See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion in eastern Iran, Vishtaspa must have been a dynast in See also:

• BACTRIA (Bactriana)

Bactria or See also:

• SOGDIANA (Sugdiane, O. Pers. Sughuda)

Sogdiana . The Zoroastrian religion was already dominant in See also:

• MEDIA

Media in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• ASSYRIAN

Assyrian king See also:

• SARGON

Sargon (c . 715 B.c.), and had been propagated here probably in much earlier times (cf . See also:

• PERSIA

PERSIA); the time of Zoroaster and Vishtaspa may therefore be put at c. r000 B.C . (2) A See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian, See also:

• FATHER

father of See also:

• DARIUS (Pers. Darayavaush; Old Test. Daryavesh)

Darius I., under whose reign he was See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• PARTHIA

Parthia, as Darius himself mentions in the See also:

• BEHISTUN

Behistun inscription (2 . 65) . By See also:

• AMMIANUS, MARCELLINUS

Ammianus See also:

• MARCELLINUS, ST

Marcellinus, See also:

• XXIII

xxiii . 6 . 32, and by many modern authors he has been identified with the protector of Zoroaster, which is equally impossible for See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical reasons, and•from the See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of the development of Zoroastrianism itself (see PERSIA: See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient See also:

• HISTORY

History) .

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