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King Darius claims, however, to have restored to the people, among other things, ‘the temples that Gaumata the Magi had destroyed.’¹ The original term, of which ‘temples’ is the translation, is *ayadana*, from the root *yas* signifying ‘to adore.’ The proper rendering of the word should be ‘sacred place,’ ‘place of worship,’ and need not mean temple at all.