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Xerxes I Xerxes I ( peo, 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 ; grc-gre, Ξέρξης ; – August 465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, was the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, ruling from 486 to 465 BC. He was the son and successor of D ...

of Persia, "Xerxes the Great", reigned 486–465 BC *

Xerxes II Xerxes II (; peo, 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 ; grc, Ξέρξης ; died 424 BC) was a Persian king who was very briefly a ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, as the son and successor of Artaxerxes I. After a reign of forty-five days—wh ...

of Persia, briefly reigned 424 BC *

Xerxes of Sophene Xerxes ( grc, Ξέρξης; peo, 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠) was king of Sophene and Commagene from 228 BC to 212 BC. He was the son and successor of Arsames I. Name ''Xérxēs'' () is the Greek and Latin (''Xerxes'', ''Xerses'') translitera ...

, ruler of Sophene and Commagene, 228–201 BC *

Xerxes (Sasanian prince) Xerxes was a 6th-century Sassanid Persian prince who distinguished himself in war against the Byzantine Empire. He was the son of the Sasanian king Kavad I, and is first mentioned as a Sasanian general during the Iberian War between the Byzantine a ...

, 6th-century prince and general * Xerxes (name), a list of people with the name

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*'' Il Xerse'', (in its 1660 French version, ''Xerxès''), Francesco Cavalli's opera of 1654 *''

Xerse ''Il Xerse'' ( in its 1660 French version ''Xerxès'') is an opera by Francesco Cavalli (specifically, a ''dramma per musica'') about Xerxes I. The libretto was written by Nicolò Minato, and was later set by both Giovanni Bononcini (1694, '' ...

'',

Giovanni Bononcini Giovanni Bononcini (or Buononcini) (18 July 1670 – 9 July 1747) (sometimes cited also as Giovanni Battista Bononcini) was an Italian Baroque composer, cellist, singer and teacher, one of a family of string players and composers. Biography E ...

's opera of 1694 *''

Serse ''Serse'' (; English title: ''Xerxes''; HWV 40) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. It was first performed in London on 15 April 1738. The Italian libretto was adapted by an unknown hand from that by Silvio Stampiglia (1 ...

'' (''Xerxes''), George Frideric Handel's opera of 1738 *''Xerxes'', novel by

Louis Couperus Louis Marie-Anne Couperus (10 June 1863 – 16 July 1923) was a Dutch novelist and poet. His oeuvre contains a wide variety of genres: lyric poetry, psychological and historical novels, novellas, short stories, fairy tales, feuilletons and s ...

* ''Xerxes'' (TV series), a Swedish TV series for children * ''Xerxes'' (graphic novel), a 2018 graphic novel by Frank Miller

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Xerxes The God-King Xerxes ( ) may refer to: People * Xerxes I of Persia, "Xerxes the Great", reigned 486–465 BC * Xerxes II of Persia, briefly reigned 424 BC * Xerxes of Sophene, ruler of Sophene and Commagene, 228–201 BC * Xerxes (Sasanian prince), 6th-centu ...

'', a 2010 album by American rapper King Gordy *

Xerxes Peak Xerxes Peak, also known as Mount Xerxes, is a mountain summit located in the Athabasca River valley of Jasper National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. No name has been officially adopted yet for this peak. It is situated at the ...

, a mountain in the Canadian Rockies *

XerxesDZB XerxesDZB is a Dutch football club based in Rotterdam. History The club was founded in 1904 as RFC Xerxes and their first regional championship was won in 1907. After a second championship in 1911 the club was promoted to the second class (tweed ...

, a Dutch professional football team based in Rotterdam *

Roksan Xerxes The Roksan Xerxes transcription turntable (often shortened to Xerxes) is a record player named after the Persian king Xerxes I and produced by London-based Roksan Audio. Designed by Roksan co-founder, Touraj Moghaddam, the Xerxes is a belt-dri ...

, a series of record turntables from Roksan Audio (UK) *XerXeS, a denial-of-service attack tool developed by The Jester * XERXES, a computer AI in '' System Shock 2'' *''Xerxes'', a 1994 album by Arcwelder *''

Heterocoma ''Heterocoma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. ''Heterocoma'' was believed for many years to contain only one species, until 2013, when two new species were described and the three genera ''Bishopalea'', ''Sipolis ...

'' or ''Xerxes'', a genus of flowering plants in the aster family

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