Oxyartes
1. A king of Bactria, said to have been contemporary with Ninus king of Assyria, by whom his kingdom was invaded and conquered.
The history of this expedition, though doubtless a mere fable, is given in great detail by Diodorus (
2.6).
He appears to be the same person who is called by Syncellus and Eusebius, Zoroaster. (Syncell. p. 133; Euseb.
Arm. p. 44; Wesseling,
ad Dhod. l.c. Baehr,
ad Ctes. p. 405.)