Xerxes I

[ zurk-seez ]

/ ˌzɜrk siz /

noun

519?–465 b.c., king of Persia 486?–465 (son of Darius I).

Example sentences from the Web for xerxes

Xerxes moves to attack the next day and forces the Greeks to stand and fight.

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I think that Xerxes, in the matter of the Hellespont, did wisely and well.

Border and Bastille |George A. Lawrence
What was said seemed incredible to Xerxes and he asked again, "how, being so few in number, they could contend with his army."

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Xerxes, surprised at so generous an offer, inquired to what sum his riches amounted.

The Book of Curiosities |I. Platts

They replied that, next to Xerxes himself, he was the richest man in the world.

Xerxes |Jacob Abbott
Vpon this ground Artabazanes was reiected, and Darius gaue iudgement for Xerxes.

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British Dictionary definitions for xerxes

Xerxes I

/ (ˈzɜːksiːz) /

noun

?519–465 bc, king of Persia (485–465), who led a vast army against Greece. His forces were victorious at Thermopylae but his fleet was defeated at Salamis (480) and his army at Plataea (479)

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