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xerxes

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Xerx⋅es I

  [zurk-seez]
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–noun
519?–465 b.c., king of Persia 486?–465 (son of Darius I).
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Xerxes 
king of Persia who reigned 486-465 B.C.E., Gk. Xerxes, from O.Pers. Xšayaršan, lit. "male (i.e. 'hero') among kings," from Xšaya- "king" (cf. shah) + aršan "male, man." The Heb. rendition was Ahashwerosh, Ahashresh.
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