Die griechischen und lateinischen Nachrichten über die persische Religion
Giessen: Verlag von Alfred Töpelmann, 1920.
First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Item #14535
Library REBIND, library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, well toned, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; German language. Commentary by Carl Clemen on Fontes historiae religionis Persicae, his 1920 publication of a nearly complete collection of Greek and Roman sources on Persian religion. "In this commentary, he organized the materials around a number of themes: the date, homeland and life of Zarathustra, the religion of the Achaemenians, the religion of the people and the Magi. The main theory underlying the commentary is the idea that the Classical sources may describe elements of the Zoroastrian tradition that may have vanished from the indigenous sources. These are important not only for the dating of various periods and events in the Zoroastrian tradition, but may actually have preserved other unrecorded beliefs from ancient Iran." - Albert de Jong; Traditions of the Magi: Zoroastrianism in Greek and Latin Literature; page 9. First Edition of Clemen's commentary, a classic and still essential standard reference work. ; Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten; Vol. 1/17/2021; (viii), 232 pages.
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