xerxes

     

Xerxes may refer to these Persian kings:

Trivia about xerxes

  • In 486 B.C. he succeeded his father, Darius the Great, as king of Persia
  • Khshayarsha was the old Persian name of this old Persian king
  • He succeeded his dad, Darius I, as king of Persia
  • This "Great" Persian King ruled from approximately 486-465 B.C.
  • This "Great" king of Persia was the son of Darius the Great & the Grandson of Cyrus the Great
  • The famous aria known as "Handel's Largo" is sung in "Serse", a 1738 opera about this great ruler
  • After his forces were defeated by the Greeks, this Persian king was murdered by his own nobles
  • This Persian son of Darius I burned Athens in 480 B.C.
  • Themistocles led the Athenians defending against this "great" Persian's invasion in 480 B.C.
  • The melody heard here is from the opera about Serse, better known to us as this "X"-rated Persian king