Bacʹtrian Sage.
Zoroaster, a native of Bactria (Balkh), about 500 years before the birth of Christ.
Zoroaster, a native of Bactria (Balkh), about 500 years before the birth of Christ.
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.