The traditional date for this man's life was calculated as 258 years before Alexander the Great. His daughter married Jamasp, a minister of King Vishtaspa, whom this man had converted after curing his favorite horse. He autho
The traditional date for this man's life was calculated as 258 years before Alexander the Great. His daughter married Jamasp, a minister of King Vishtaspa, whom this man had converted after curing his favorite horse. He authored a series of hymns called the gathas, which are now part of a holy book called the Avesta. He preached that Vohu Mana was one of the six Amesha Spentas and that the evil Angra Mainyu waged constant war on the good (*) Ahura Mazda. For 10 points, name this founder of a namesake dualistic Persian religion.
The traditional date for this man's life was calculated as 258 years before Alexander the Great.
{Zoroaster} [or {Zarathustra}]