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The most credible pictures are those of majestic men who prevailed at their entrance, and convinced the senses; as happened to the eastern magian who was sent to test the merits of Zertusht or Zoroaster.

From Essays — Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

What your illustrious magian has taught you, any poor, old, broken-down, heart-shrunken dandy might have lisped.

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman

The Queen Atossa, the daughter of Cyrus, who has already been mentioned as the wife of Cambyses and of Smerdis the magian, was one of the wives of Darius.

From Darius the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

At length the conspiracy was formed for dethroning Smerdis the magian, as has already been described, and Darius was designated to reign in his stead.

From Darius the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

Cambyses and his friends had been right in their conjectures that it was Smerdis the magian who had usurped the Persian throne.

From Darius the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob