Xerxes means: Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Xerxes in practice.
Xerxes in a sentence
Xerxes meaning
- Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC.
- Xerxes II, a Persian king who ruled for 45 days in 424 BC before being assassinated.
- A male given name from Old Persian mainly applied to historical and fictional characters.
Example types with xerxes
Below, the same example sentences are grouped by length and sentence type:
Headley and Santoro reprised their roles as Queen Gorgo and King Xerxes. (12 words)
At any rate, this was exactly the kind of news that Xerxes wanted to hear. (15 words)
But according to Aristotle (in Politics 5.1311b), Artabanus killed Darius first and then killed Xerxes. (16 words)
Hdt. 7.1-5 Some modern scholars also view the unusual decision of Darius to give the throne to Xerxes to be a result of his consideration of the unique positions that Cyrus the Great and his daughter Atossa enjoyed. (40 words)
Butler, p. 195 Themistocles seems to have deliberately set Athens up as a rival to Sparta in the aftermath of Xerxes's invasion, basing this strategy on Athenian naval power (contrasted with the power of the Spartan army). (38 words)
Autumn/Winter 480/479 BC The Allied victory at Salamis ended the immediate threat to Greece, and Xerxes now returned to Asia with part of the army, leaving his general Mardonius to attempt to complete the conquest. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Xerxes appears at the end of the play, not realizing the cause of his defeat, and the play closes to lamentations by Xerxes and the chorus.
According to Greek historian Diodorus Siculus, during the epic Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC), a small band of men broke into the enemy camp and reached the tent of the Persian King, Xerxes.
Headley and Santoro reprised their roles as Queen Gorgo and King Xerxes.
The Brooklyn Park Fire Department says crews responded around 2 a.m. to a fire at the KinderCare Learning Center on the 7900 block of Xerxes Avenue North.
According to Herodotus, fearing that the Greeks might attack the bridges across the Hellespont and trap his army in Europe, Xerxes decided to retreat back to Asia, taking the greater part of the army with him.
According to Herodotus, Queen Artemisia of Caria pointed this out to Xerxes in the run-up to Salamis.
According to Herodotus (vv.34), both bridges were destroyed by a storm and Xerxes had those responsible for building the bridges beheaded and the strait itself whipped.
According to one archaeological examination, the ruins of the palace of Xerxes bear traces of having been burned (Stolze, 1882).
After a month and a half Xerxes II was murdered by his brother Secydianus or Sogdianus (the form of the name is uncertain).
Another was the response to the Athenians when the vast army of king Xerxes I was approaching Athens with the intent of razing the city to the ground.
At any rate, this was exactly the kind of news that Xerxes wanted to hear.
Autumn/Winter 480/479 BC The Allied victory at Salamis ended the immediate threat to Greece, and Xerxes now returned to Asia with part of the army, leaving his general Mardonius to attempt to complete the conquest.
But according to Aristotle (in Politics 5.1311b), Artabanus killed Darius first and then killed Xerxes.
Butler, p. 195 Themistocles seems to have deliberately set Athens up as a rival to Sparta in the aftermath of Xerxes's invasion, basing this strategy on Athenian naval power (contrasted with the power of the Spartan army).
Early life Rise to power Xerxes was born to Darius I and Atossa (daughter of Cyrus the Great ).
Either way, when Xerxes received this news, he ordered his fleet to go out on patrol off the coast Salamis, blocking the southern exit.
Green, Peter The Greco-Persian Wars (London 1996) 75. Herodotus commented that this was a "highly presumptuous way to address the Hellespont" but in no way atypical of Xerxes.
Hdt. 7.1-5 Some modern scholars also view the unusual decision of Darius to give the throne to Xerxes to be a result of his consideration of the unique positions that Cyrus the Great and his daughter Atossa enjoyed.
Herodotus, 4.200-204 In addition, Xerxes also settled the "Branchidae" in Bactria; they were the descendants of Greek priests who had once lived near Didyma (western Asia Minor) and betrayed the temple to him.
Herodotus mentions that the Libyans and the Indus satrapy supplied cavalry and chariots to Xerxes the Great 's army.
Common combinations with xerxes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- king xerxes 7×
- of xerxes 7×
- to xerxes 5×
- xerxes was 4×
- that xerxes 3×
- xerxes decided 2×
- xerxes in 2×
- and xerxes 2×
- xerxes had 2×
- xerxes wanted 2×