…Like Iran's former name Persia, the ancient Iranian word Magu was borrowed into Greek (magoi) and then Latinized. The singular form is magus. Herodotus's Histories states that Magu's peculiar customs included letting birds and dogs tear apart dead bodies, and indiscriminately killing ants, snakes, and other reptiles. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "magus" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…イランの旧称ペルシアと同じように,古代イラン語のマグmaguが,ギリシア語に借用され(マゴイmagoi),さらにラテン語化されたもの。単数形はマグスmagus。ヘロドトスの《歴史》には,マグの特異な風習として,死体を鳥や犬に食いちぎらせる,アリや蛇をはじめその他の爬虫類などを無差別に殺す,と記されている。… ※「magus」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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