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700 Superstitious practices with axes
Souid. s.vv. MdyoL, 'OvTavai. to imply a succession of Magi called Ostanes: but the plural
merely meant ' men like Ostanes' (R. Kiihner—B. Gerth Ausfiihrliche Gra.7mna.tik der
griechischen Sprache% Hannover—Leipzig 1898 i. 15). However, the exact number of
persons named Ostanes is not worth discussing, since very serious doubts have been cast
Fig. 633.
upon his historicity. C. W. Goodwin 'On the name Astennu' in the Zeitschrift fur
agyptische Sprache und Alterthumskunde 1872 x. 108 f. pointed out that one of the
appellations of the Egyptian god Thoth was Astennu and asked : ' Is not the name of
the Magian Ostanes...a Grecised form of Astennu?' Sir G. Maspero in the Proceedings
Souid. s.vv. MdyoL, 'OvTavai. to imply a succession of Magi called Ostanes: but the plural
merely meant ' men like Ostanes' (R. Kiihner—B. Gerth Ausfiihrliche Gra.7mna.tik der
griechischen Sprache% Hannover—Leipzig 1898 i. 15). However, the exact number of
persons named Ostanes is not worth discussing, since very serious doubts have been cast
Fig. 633.
upon his historicity. C. W. Goodwin 'On the name Astennu' in the Zeitschrift fur
agyptische Sprache und Alterthumskunde 1872 x. 108 f. pointed out that one of the
appellations of the Egyptian god Thoth was Astennu and asked : ' Is not the name of
the Magian Ostanes...a Grecised form of Astennu?' Sir G. Maspero in the Proceedings