XERXES I

(Xerxes the Great)zûrkˈsēz, d. 465 b.c., king of ancient Persia (486–465 b.c.). His name in Old Persian is Khshayarsha, in the Bible Ahasuerus. He was the son of Darius I and Atossa, daughter of Cyrus the Great. After bringing (484 BC.) Egypt once more under Persian rule, Xerxes prepared for an invasion of Greece (see Persian Wars) by constructing a bridge of boats across the Hellespont and cutting a canal through the isthmus of Athos. Setting out from Sardis, he marched through Thrace and Macedonia and, despite the bravery of Leonidas and his 300 Spartans, overthrew (480) the Lacedaemonians at Thermopylae. He then occupied and pillaged Athens. In the same year his fleet was destroyed at Salamis. Leaving an army under his general, Mardonius, he retired into Asia. He was slain by the captain of his bodyguard and was succeeded by his son Artaxerxes I.

See P. Green, Xerxes at Salamis (1970).

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The Creation of Heaven and Earth: Re-Interpretations of Genesis I in the Context of Judaism, Ancient Philosophy, Christianity, and Modern Physics
Book by George H. Van Kooten; Brill, 2005
Subjects: Bible--N.T--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc--Congresses, Bible--O.T--Genesis I--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc--Congresses, Biblical Cosmology--Congresses, Cosmology--History--Congresses, Creation--Biblical Teaching--Congresses
...and Earth Re-interpretations of Genesis I in the Context of Judaism, Ancient Philosophy...LEIDEN BOSTON 2005 Cover desist) by Iol)i(-2\, Antoinette Hanckuyk This book is printed...Architect of the Universe, French Nloi-aliz(?(i Bible (Usterreichische Nationalbibliothck...
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Tsar Nicholas I
Book by Constantin De Grunwald, Brigit Patmore; Macmillan, 1955
Subjects: Nicholas--I--Emperor Of Russia--1796-1855
TSAR NICHOLAS I Nicholas I Constantin de Grunwald TSAR NICHOLAS I Translated from the French by Brigit Patmore THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK 1955 First published in England 1954 First published in America 1955 Printed in Great...
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Topics: Books I and VIII
Book by Robin Smith, Aristotle; Clarendon Press, 1997
Subjects: Dialectic, Logic, Ancient, Topic (Philosophy)
...C. J. F. WILLIAMS De Partibus Animalium I and De Generatione Animalium I D. M. BALME New impression with supplementary material by Allan Gotthelf Eudemian Ethics Books I, II, and VIII MICHAEL WOODS Second edition...
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Poetic Drama: An Anthology of Plays in Verse from the Ancient Greek to the Modern American
Includes: Agamemnon; Oedipus Coloneus; Ion; The Acharnians; The Chalk Circle; Nakamitsu; Adam; Abraham, Melchisedec, and Isaac; The Second Shepherds' Play; Everyman; The Wandering Scholar from Paradise; Tamburlaine the Great, Part I; Measure for Measure; Volpone or The Fox; A New Way to Pay Old Debts; The White Devil; The Sheep Well; Cinna; Athaliah; The Misanthrope; Torquato Tasso; The Death of Wallenstein; The Cenci; The White Saviour; The Last Night of Don Juan; The King's Threshold; Gruach; The Dog beneath the Skin; The Death of Eve; Aria da Capo; Hole in the Wall; The Fall of the City; Shenandoah
Book by Alfred Kreymborg; Modern Age Books, 1941
Subjects: Drama--Collections
...TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT, PART I , by Christopher Marlowe 223...performed. As Chekhov said in his Sea Gull : "I come more and more to the conviction that...never stilted. They often used a plural I as though each separate person was involved...
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History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian - Vol. 2
Book by J. B. Bury; Dover Publications, 1958
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History, Rome--History--Empire, 284-476
...LATER ROMAN EMPIRE FROM THE DEATH OF THEODOSIUS I. TO THE DEATH OF JUSTINIAN BY J. B. BURY IN TWO...CHAPTER XV JUSTIN I. AND JUSTINIAN I 16 1. Election and Reign...
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Das Egibi-Archiv, I: Die Felder Und Garten, 2 Vols
Journal article by M.A. Dandamayev; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002
Subjects: Das Egibi-Archiv, I: Die Felder und Garten, 2 vols. (Book)
...arable land. The first cost 1 shekel of silver for 3.75 to 10 gur, i.e., ca. 28 ("20" on p. 40 of vol. A is apparently a misprint...year when the revolt of the Babylonians against the Persian king Xerxes was crushed, it has generally been supposed that the house of...
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"I Spake as a Child": Authority, Metaphor and the New-England Primer
Journal article by David H. Watters; Early American Literature, Vol. 20, 1985
Subjects: American Literature--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, American Literature--Revolutionary Period, 1775-1783
...I have been reading it all my Life, and I have not read it over: One was a red Leaf...vanity of the great, such as David and Xerxes. The child is introduced to a biblical family...duties of childhood. The list concludes, "I will Reverence Gods Sanctuary, / For our...
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Classical Precariousness vs. Modern Risk: Lessons in Prudence from the Battle of Salamis
Journal article by Ernest Sternberg; Humanitas, Vol. 18, 2005
Subjects: Battle of Salamis, 480 BC, Prudence--Analysis, Xerxes (Opera)--Criticism and interpretation
...the narrow channels, Xerxes himself had his minions...difficult conditions that I shall call precariousness...secret allegiance, and Xerxes angle of vision on...outcome indeterminate, I do not mean that any...administration under which Xerxes staff labored. I will confine myself...
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The Tragedy of Law: Gyges in Herodotus and Plato
Journal article by Michael Davis; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 53, 2000
Subjects: Justice (Philosophy)--Analysis, Law--Philosophy, Metaphysics--Analysis, Plato--Philosophy, Republic (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...most beautiful of all women, and I...wife of his best friend.(28) and Xerxes love of his brothers wife and...likely to foment a revolution. Xerxes need only have said to Amestris "I cannot allow you to harm my brothers...
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The Appeal of a Plotless Tragedy
Journal article by Mae J. Smethurst; College Literature, Vol. 23, 1996
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism
...right kind of recognition, i.e. one by a character clearly...people and their king Xerxes experience a change from...than not plotless, and, I would add, our appreciation...this play is limited, (i.e., the second actor enters...they call up the ghost of Xerxess father, Darius. Near the...
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Persia Xerxes and Attendents
Magazine article by Karl Cole; School Arts, Vol. 100, February 2001
Subjects: Iran--Art, Xerxes, King of Persia--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...the stubborn resistance of the Greeks. Xerxes (519-465 BC), a successor of Cyrus, continued...the Greeks started by his father, Darius I (548-486 BC). He was initially successful...in 479 BC ended the campaign. By 467 BC, Xerxes troops had been driven out of Asia Minor...
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Xerxes at the Coliseum--2
Magazine article by Christopher Monk; Musical Opinion, Vol. 126, January 2003
...otherworldly. Also worthy of mention was Robin Blazes Arsemenes, Xerxes brother, who is possessed of such a rich countertenor that one...pushing them to the background and the main cast to the fore. Once I got used to this it worked well. The minimal scenery of deck...
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Xerxes at the Coliseum--1
Magazine article by Brian Hick; Musical Opinion, Vol. 126, January 2003
...Hytners award-winning English National Opera production of Handels Xerxes on 7 November in the Coliseum came up as fresh and delightful...angst-ridden almost all the time, and there were moments when I wished she could find some lighter relief Mary Nelson is a compelling...
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The Spartan Way
Magazine article; World and I, Vol. 14, March 1999
Subjects: Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, GATES OF FIRE (Book)
...chilling tales of the magnitude of Xerxes army, its vast quantities of...dry-eyed, saying only, "Then I am happy." A Persian attempt...attack of the day was made by Xerxes own household guards, picked...was also the day that ended Xerxes dreams of conquest, for the...
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On the Path of Persian History : The Islamic Republic of Iran May Impose Its Will on a Reluctant Population, but This Does Not Deny Its Glorious Past as One of the Greatest Empires History Has Known
Magazine article by Eva Harnik; World and I, Vol. 16, December 2001
Subjects: Iran--Description and travel
...the Great in 331 b.c. In Hamadan, I saw a simple 2,400-year-old tomb held...plucky young slave at the court of Xerxes (r. 486--465 b.c.) warned the king...believed to be the tombs of Darius I and II, Xerxes, and his son Artaxerxes were cut into...
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Dunlop: I Gave Pat Rabbitte [Pounds Sterling]3,000
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 15, 2006
...councillors for their support, he said: Yes. Mr Dunlop set up an offshore company, Xerxes, with an account at Midland Bank in Jersey. It was all about gilding the lily. I put the money outside of this jurisdiction so nobody except me knewI had it.
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Of Movies and Boobies
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 14, 2007
...Jio that when I was younger, I like that name - Xerxes, and I told myself then that I would name one of my sons, if ever, Xerxes. But as time went by and as I kept repeating the name in my head, it seamed that...
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A Risky Move, Sir Richard! Chris Upton
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 14, 2009
...the pass of Thermopylae in 480BC against the massed forces of Xerxes. A copy of the poem still marks the spot where the last of them...understood this perfectly. But there is ignorance too. None of us, I think, is actually in a position to know exactly how the war...
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Think You're Hard, Do You? Life & Culture
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 22, 2007
Subjects: Motion pictures--Movie reviews
...unreconstructed family. Unthinking mans porn I Want Candy Cert 15, 90 mins * WE SEEM to...Directed by Stephen Surjik at Ealing Studios, I Want Candy is more reminiscent of Robin Askwiths...laughs and produces groans. The truth is that I Want Candy isnt even as sophisticated as...
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The Data Bank
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 10, 2009
Subjects: Banks (Finance)
...30) LAY OF THE DAY: BEAUCHAMP XERXES (Windsor, 7.50) TRAVELWISE SOUTHWELL...Jarvis), 5.00 Itcanbedone Again (I Williams to J Unett), 5.30 Dark...Ektimaal (2); 7.50 Beauchamp Xerxes (2). WOLVERHAMPTON: 3.00 Billich...S Moore 52; M Mullineaux 52; I McInnes 48. JOCKEYS (Rides since...
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Xerxes I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
XERXES I (Xerxes the Great)zurk...He was the son of Darius I and Atossa, daughter of Cyrus...once more under Persian rule, Xerxes prepared for an invasion of...succeeded by his son Artaxerxes I . See P. Green, Xerxes at Salamis (1970...
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Xerxes II
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
XERXES II d. 424 b.c., king of ancient Persia (424 b.c.), son of Artaxerxes I. After a reign of 45 days he was murdered by his half brother Sogdianus. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Artaxerxes I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of the dynasty of the Achaemenis. Artaxerxes is the Greek form of "Ardashir the Persian." He succeeded his father, Xerxes I , in whose assassination he had no part. The later weakness of the Persian Empire is commonly traced to the reign of Artaxerxes...
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Darius I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...language of Elam), it provided the key for deciphering Babylonian cuneiform. Upon his death he was succeeded by his son Xerxes I . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press...
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Ahasuerus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Hebrew form of the name Xerxes, as used in the Bible. The Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther is probably Xerxes I. That in the Book of Tobit may be Cyaxares I, destroyer of Nineveh. The name of the father of Darius the Mede is also given as Ahasuerus...
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