People (2)

• PersonDarius I

  The third and greatest of the Achaemenid Great Kings (r. 522–486 BCE), who seized a contested throne, reorganised the empire into its lasting administrative shape, and made the war of Truth against the Lie the public creed of his kingship.

• PersonZarathustra

  The Iranian prophet whose hymns, the Gāthās, exalt Ahura Mazdā and the choice between Truth and the Lie; his date, homeland and exact relation to Achaemenid religion are among the most disputed questions in the field.