[Footnote12:Herodotus，l。i。c。131。ButDr。Prideauxthinks，withreason，thattheuseoftempleswasafterwardspermittedintheMagianreligion。

　　Note:ThePyraea，orfiretemplesoftheZoroastrians，observesKleuker，Persica，p。16，wereonlytobefoundinMediaorAderbidjan，provincesintowhichHerodotusdidnotpenetrate。—M。]

　　[Footnote!:AmongthePersiansMithraisnottheSun:Anquetilhascontestedandtriumphantlyrefutedtheopinionofthosewhoconfoundthem，anditisevidentlycontrarytothetextoftheZendavesta。Mithraisthefirstofthegenii，orjzeds，createdbyOrmuzd；itishewhowatchesoverallnature。HencearosethemisapprehensionofsomeoftheGreeks，whohavesaidthatMithrawasthesummusdeusofthePersians:hehasathousandearsandtenthousandeyes。TheChaldeansappeartohaveassignedhimahigherrankthanthePersians。Itishewhobestowsupontheearththelightofthesun。Thesun。namedKhor，brightness，

　　isthusaninferiorgenius，who，withmanyothergenii，bearsapartinthefunctionsofMithra。Theseassistantgeniitoanothergeniusarecalledhiskamkars；butintheZendavestatheyareneverconfounded。Onthedayssacredtoaparticulargenius，thePersianoughttorecite，notonlytheprayersaddressedtohim，butthosealsowhichareaddressedtohiskamkars；thusthehymnorieschtofMithraisrecitedonthedayofthesun，Khor，andviceversa。Itisprobablythiswhichhassometimescausedthemtobeconfounded；butAnquetilhadhimselfexposedthiserror，whichKleuker，andallwhohavestudiedtheZendavesta，havenoticed。Seeviii。Diss。ofAnquetil。Kleuker\'sAnhang，partiii。p。132。—G。

　　M。Guizotisunquestionablyright，accordingtothepureandoriginaldoctrineoftheZend。TheMithriacworship，whichwassoextensivelypropagatedintheWest，andinwhichMithraandthesunwereperpetuallyconfounded，seemstohavebeenformedfromafusionofZoroastrianismandChaldaism，ortheSyrianworshipofthesun。Anexcellentabstractofthequestion，withreferencestotheworksofthechiefmodernwritersonhiscurioussubject，DeSacy，Kleuker，VonHammer，&c。，maybefoundinDeGuigniaut\'stranslationofKreuzer。Relig。d\'Antiquite，notesviii。ix。tobookii。vol。i。2dpart，page728。—M。]

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