Ostanes
Alchemy, Magi
Herausgegeben: Helias, Saul Eadweard
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Ostanes or Osthanes (Old Iranian (H)u t na ) was an Iranian alchemist mage in classical and medieval literature with unclear identity. The origins of the figure of "Ostanes," or rather, who the Greeks imagined him to be, lies within the framework of "alien wisdom" that the Greeks (and later Romans) ascribed to famous foreigners, many of whom were famous to the Greeks even before being co-opted as authors of arcanum. One of these names was that of (pseudo-)Zoroaster, whom the Greeks perceived to be the founder of the magi and of their magical arts. Another name was that of (pseudo-)Hystaspes, Z...
Ostanes or Osthanes (Old Iranian (H)u t na ) was an Iranian alchemist mage in classical and medieval literature with unclear identity. The origins of the figure of "Ostanes," or rather, who the Greeks imagined him to be, lies within the framework of "alien wisdom" that the Greeks (and later Romans) ascribed to famous foreigners, many of whom were famous to the Greeks even before being co-opted as authors of arcanum. One of these names was that of (pseudo-)Zoroaster, whom the Greeks perceived to be the founder of the magi and of their magical arts. Another name was that of (pseudo-)Hystaspes, Zoroaster's patron. The third of les Mages hellénisés was Ostanes, mentioned by the 4th century BCE Hermodorus (apud Diogenes Laertius Prooemium 2) as being a magus in the long line of magi descending from Zoroaster. In contrast to the figures of "Zoroaster" and "Hystaspes," there is as yet "no evidence of [an Ostanes] figure of a similar name in Iranian tradition."
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