 Leaving aside the suffixes "-zius/-zis", the root "Saba-" = "Gebele-", suggesting a relationship of the name of the goddess Cybele, as "Cybele's Zeus".Mnaseas of Patrae identified Zalmoxis with Cronos, as does Hesychius, who has "".In Plato's writings, Zalmoxis is mentioned as skilled in the arts of incantation.