FAMILY HISTORY OF ZOROASTER TIlE LINEAGE OF THE MASTER Sa jiito yena jiitena yiiti vams'ah samunnatim. - HlTOPADES' A. INTRODUCTION - ZOROASTER AN IRANIAN - TilE N.UIE ZOROASTER (ZARATHUSHTRA), ITS FORlIi AND ITS MEANING - THE DATE OF ZOROASTERHIS NATIVE PLACE - ZOROASTER'S ANCESTltY AND lllS FA~IILY ; GENEALOGIES - CONCLUSION Introduction. - ·When a man rises to lasting faU1e, all that is associated with his name and his times becomes of interest and of importance. Lustre is shed upon his family, and distinction is lent to the line that produced such a son. If great men are the childreli of their age, the age of a great religious teacher can but deserve attention. His own origin, the influences that may have been formative in his life, his environment and surroundings, alike become worthy of consideration. The nature and condition of the country which called him forth requires some remark, and with regard to Zoroaster it is to be regretted that we do not know more
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