his Religion?
Lets get real here.
Cyrus adhered to the teachings of the Persian prophet Zoroaster and worshiped Ahura Mazda—a god thought to be the creator of all that is good. In his book The Zoroastrian Tradition, Farhang Mehr writes: “Zoroaster presented God as moral perfection. He told people that Ahura Mazda is not revengeful but just and, therefore, should not be feared but loved.” Belief in a god that was moral and just may have affected Cyrus’ ethics and encouraged magnanimity and fairness.
Almost all the people living at that time were into Zoroastrianism.
Lets get real here.
Cyrus adhered to the teachings of the Persian prophet Zoroaster and worshiped Ahura Mazda—a god thought to be the creator of all that is good. In his book The Zoroastrian Tradition, Farhang Mehr writes: “Zoroaster presented God as moral perfection. He told people that Ahura Mazda is not revengeful but just and, therefore, should not be feared but loved.” Belief in a god that was moral and just may have affected Cyrus’ ethics and encouraged magnanimity and fairness.
Almost all the people living at that time were into Zoroastrianism.