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|lsmtext='''Μίθρας:''' -ου, ὁ, [[Μίθρας]], περσική ηλιακή [[θεότητα]], σε Ξεν. | |lsmtext='''Μίθρας:''' -ου, ὁ, [[Μίθρας]], περσική ηλιακή [[θεότητα]], σε Ξεν. | ||
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The name [[Mithras]] (Latin, equivalent to Greek "[[Μίθρας]]",) is a form of [[Mithra]], the name of an Iranian god, a point acknowledged by Mithras scholars since the days of Franz Cumont. The Greek form of the name appears in Xenophon's biography of Cyrus, the Cyropaedia, a work written in the fourth century BC. | |wketx=The name [[Mithras]] (Latin, equivalent to Greek "[[Μίθρας]]",) is a form of [[Mithra]], the name of an Iranian god, a point acknowledged by Mithras scholars since the days of Franz Cumont. The Greek form of the name appears in Xenophon's biography of Cyrus, the Cyropaedia, a work written in the fourth century BC. | ||
The word Mithra occurs as the name of a praiseworthy being in the Zoroastrian text, the Zend Avesta. Similar deity names in related Indo-european languages include Mitra, "मित्रः" found in Rig Vedic hymns. In Sanskrit, "mitra" means "friend" or "friendship". | The word Mithra occurs as the name of a praiseworthy being in the Zoroastrian text, the Zend Avesta. Similar deity names in related Indo-european languages include Mitra, "मित्रः" found in Rig Vedic hymns. In Sanskrit, "mitra" means "friend" or "friendship". | ||
In the inscribed peace treaty of c. 1400 BC between Hittites and the Hurrian kingdom of the Mitanni in the area southeast of Lake Van in Armenian Highlands, the form mi-it-ra- appears as the name of a god invoked together with four other divinities as witnesses and keepers of the pact. Robert Turcan describes this inscription as "the earliest evidence of Mithras in Asia Minor". | In the inscribed peace treaty of c. 1400 BC between Hittites and the Hurrian kingdom of the Mitanni in the area southeast of Lake Van in Armenian Highlands, the form mi-it-ra- appears as the name of a god invoked together with four other divinities as witnesses and keepers of the pact. Robert Turcan describes this inscription as "the earliest evidence of Mithras in Asia Minor". | ||
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|gpntxt=Hypc. form based upon APers. <b>Miθra</b>, the [[god]] <i>[[Mithra]]</i>, Av. <b>Miθra</b>, (NPers. <b>Mihr</b>), Skt. <b>[[mitra]]</b>; cf. [[Μιθραῖος]]. | |gpntxt=Hypc. form based upon APers. <b>Miθra</b>, the [[god]] <i>[[Mithra]]</i>, Av. <b>Miθra</b>, (NPers. <b>Mihr</b>), Skt. <b>[[mitra]]</b>; cf. [[Μιθραῖος]]. | ||
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