Zalmoxis

Zalmoxis

Zalmoxis (Greek: Ζάλμοξις) also known as Salmoxis (Σάλμοξις), Zalmoxes (Ζάλμοξες), Zamolxis (Ζάμολξις), Samolxis (Σάμολξις), Zamolxes (Ζάμολξες), or Zamolxe (Ζάμολξε) is a divinity of the Getae and Dacians (a people of the lower Danube), mentioned by Herodotus in his Histories Book IV, 93–96, written before 425 BC. Said to have been so called from the bear's skin (ζάλμος) in which he was clothed as soon as he was born. According to Jordanes' Getica, he was a learned philosopher, before whom two other learned men existed, by the names of Zeuta and Deceneus. In modern times, theories and debate on Zalmoxis's religion by such scholars as Mircea Eliade are influenced by considerations of Romanian nationalism as well by pure historical interest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zalmoxis has received more than 536,212 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Zalmoxis is the 645th most popular philosopher (up from 6,048th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 211th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Ukrainian Philosopher.