Xerxes
Xerxes is a male name. It is the Greek version of the Old Persian name Xšaya-ṛšā, which is today known in Modern Persian as Khashayar. It may refer to:
People
- Xerxes I of Persia, reigned 486-465 BC
- Xerxes II of Persia, reigned 424 BC
- Xerxes of Armenia, Armenian king, assassinated around 212 BC
- Xerxes of Commagene, third Satrap of the state of Commagene (228 to 201 BC)
- Xerxes is the twenty-fourth word in the full name of Wolfe+585, Senior.
Fiction
- Serse (Xerxes), George Frideric Handel's opera of 1738.
- Xerse, Cavalli's opera of 1654 (to the same libretto as Handel's later work).
- Xerxes, novel by Louis Couperus
- Xerxes (Dune), character in Brian Herbert's Legends of Dune universe
- Xerxes, character in Disney's Aladdin
- XERXES, an Artificial Intelligence in the video game System Shock 2
- Xerxes Khodaiji, the protagonist of the film Little Zizou
- Xerxes Break, a character in Pandora Hearts
- Xerxes is a country in the manga Fullmetal Alchemist
- Xerxes, the primary antagonist in D-Yikes!, an episode of South Park
- Xerxes, character in Call Girl (Family Guy)
- Xerxes IX, a character in the game Neko Atsume
Other
- XerxesDZB, a Dutch professional football team based in Rotterdam
- Xerxes The God-King, a 2010 release by American rapper King Gordy
- Xerxes, a series of record turntables from Roksan Audio (UK)
- Xerxes a flowering plant from Brazil
- XerXeS, a DoS Tool developed and utilised by The Jester
See also
- Ahasuerus
- Artaxerxes I of Persia, reigned 465–424 BC
- Xerces (disambiguation)
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