File:History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria (1903) (14584063759).jpg

Identifier: cu31924091762140 (find matches)
Title: History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient History, Ancient
Publisher: London : Grolier Society
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
enii repre-sented on the walls of the palaces. 2 Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph. 3 Ahura is derived from Ahu = Lord : Mazddo can be analysed into the com-ponent parts, maz = great, and ddo = he who knows. At first the two termswere interchangeable, and even in the Gathas the form Mazda Ahura isemployed much more often than the form Ahura MazdS,. In the Achaemenianinscriptions, Auramazda is only found as a single word, except in aninscription of Xerxes, where the two terms are in one passage separated anddeclined Aurahya mazddha. The form Ormuzd, Ormazd, usually employedby Europeans, is that assumed by the name in modern Persian. * These two names are given to him more especially in connection withhis antagonism to Angrdmainyus. 14 THE IRANIAN CONQUEST spirits. Himself iinoreate, he is the creator of all things,but he is assisted in the administration of the universe bylegions of beings, who are all subject to him.^ The mostpowerful among his ministers were originally nature-gods,
Text Appearing After Image:
AHUEA-MAZDA BESTOWING THE TOKENS OF KOYALTY ON AN IRANIAN KING. such as the sun, the moon, the earth, the winds, and thewaters. The sunny plains of Persia and Media afforded 1 Darius styles Ahura-mazda, mathishta bagdndm, the greatest of the gods,and Xerxes invokes the protection of Ahura-mazda along with that of thegods. The classical writers also mention gods alongside of Ahura-mazda, asrecognised not only among the Achaemenian Persians, but also among theParthians. Darmesteter considers that the earliest Achsemenids worshippedAhura-mazda alone, placing the other gods together in a subordinate andanonymous group : May Ahura-mazda and the other gods protect me. 2 Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph by Dieulafoy. THE INFERIOR DEITIES 15 abundant witnesses of their power, as did the snow-cladpeaks, the deep gorges through which rushed roaringtorrents, and the mountain ranges of Ararat or Taurus,where the force of the subterranean fires was manifestedby so many startling exhibitions of

Note About Images