sentences:  They played a significant role in the court of the Median king Astyages who had in his court certain Medians as "advisers, dream interpreters, and soothsayers".Classical historians "unanimously" regarded the Magi as priests of the Zoroastrian faith.From the personal names of Medes as recorded by Assyrians (in 8th and 9th centuries BC) there are examples of the use of the Indo-Iranian word "arta-" (lit.