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heaven and kept the mountain burning, but that Zoroaster came out of it unscathed.[1] Clement of Alexandria speaks of Zoroaster as the son of Armenius and adds that he was killed in war. He quotes Plato as saying that after lying on the pyre for twelve days he came back to life.[2] Pliny states that it is not certain whether there was only one Zoroaster or others also bearing his name.[3]
