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His dream, in which he had seen a vision of Smerdis, with his head reaching to the heavens, referred, he had no doubt, to the magian Smerdis, and not to his brother.

From Darius the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

Gobryas was foremost; he seized the wretched fugitive by the waist, and struggled to hold him, while the magian struggled to get free.

From Darius the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

He raised an army and put it under the command of Otanes, who, it will be recollected, was one of the seven conspirators that combined to dethrone Smerdis the magian.

From Darius the Great Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

The other magian who had been associated with him in the regency when Cambyses set out from Persia on his Egyptian campaign was his brother.

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