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two frequent terms used by him, first one is Peer-e Moghan (literally "the old man of the magi") and second one is Deyr-e Moghan (literally "the monastery of the magi").

Greco-Roman sources

Hellenistic period

The oldest surviving Greek reference to the magi - from Greek u???? (mágos, plural: magoi) - could be from 6th century BC Heraclitus (apud Clemens Protrepticus 2.22.2),

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