http://www.thedyinggod.com/mithraism_alchemy.pdf It is said that after the Persian emperor's defeat at Salamis, Osthanes remained. behind in Greece to become the teacher of the philosopher Democritus.
http://homepages.tscnet.com/omard1/o.htmبایگانیشده در ۲۱ نوامبر ۲۰۱۱ توسط Wayback Machine One of the Persian magi who influenced the Hellenistic alchemists in Egypt, and he appears in the well known work, the Physika kai mustika (Natural and Initiatory Things), attributed to Democritus. Ostanes appeared as the main teacher of a group of frustrated alchemists.
http://homepages.tscnet.com/omard1/o.htmبایگانیشده در ۲۱ نوامبر ۲۰۱۱ توسط Wayback Machine One of the Persian magi who influenced the Hellenistic alchemists in Egypt, and he appears in the well known work, the Physika kai mustika (Natural and Initiatory Things), attributed to Democritus. Ostanes appeared as the main teacher of a group of frustrated alchemists.
