Pleistoros

Pleistoros was, according to Herodotus (The Histories, IX, 119),^[1] a Thracian god adored by the Gauls and the tribe "Absinthe" (Apsintieni) as the god of war. According to Josephus Flavius (in his Antiquities of the Jews, XVIII, 22).^[2][a] Pleistoros was the god of war Dacians pleistoi, to which these Thracians offered sacrifices of men.^[5][6] The priests were recruited between nobles, some of whom are warriors.^[7][8]

Notes

1. Compare (The Works of Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of Jews. Translated by William Whiston, A.M. 1895.)^[3] with (Complete works of Josephus. Translated by Haverkamp, Siwart. 1900.)^[4]

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3. Flavius Josephus (1895). The Works of Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of Jews. Translated by William Whiston, A.M. Archived from the original on January 4, 2009 – via Perseus Digital Library.
4. Flavius Josephus (1900). Complete works of Josephus. Vol. 3. Translated by Haverkamp, Siwart. New York: Bigelow, Brown & Co. p. 80 – via Internet Archive.
5. "APSINTHICII" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2007-10-21.
6. Bucur Mitrea, Al.Suceveanu, Constantin Preda, Neamuri şi triburi tracice. Agrianii, Apsinthioii, Piarensii şi Dimensii, Tagrii, în Magazin istoric, anul XI, nr.3 (120), mar., 1977, p.50.
7. "Panteonul traco dac" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2011-01-27.
8. "Cei trei Magi de la Răsărit… din Dacia" (in Romanian).^{[permanent dead link‍]}