Zarathustra Written by Rainer: rainer.lehrer@yahoo.com Learn languages (via Skype): Rainer: + 36 20 549 52 97 or + 36 20 334 79 74

------------------------------

Zarathustra The Persian Wars at the beginning of the 5th century also intensified a cultural exchange between these two parties. The Persians were not barbarians, they had managed to unite the most diverse cultures and religions from Asia Minor to the Indus. One of these philosophies or religions was that of Zarathustra (Zoroaster in ancient Greek), which assumed that the world consisted of two powers: a good and an evil one. Even the Chinese were influenced by this and made it their "Yin and Yang". The impact on the Greeks was particularly noticeable in their dramas (Iphigenia in Aulis). In his play Euripides advocated that the gods, if they wanted to be such, should not behave exactly like conventional earth inhabitants. For example, how could a god claim human sacrifice? And exactly this idea of a good God was then realized in the New Testament. Back to list!

-----------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------------

Back to Hungarian portal! Back to English portal! Back to German portal! Back to Spanish portal! Back to French portal! Back to Russian portal!