Links about Xerxes:

• Herodotus and Religion in the Persian Wars, by Jon D. Mikalson ...

the two great persian invasions of greece, the one ordered by king darius ... king xerxes himself and repulsed in 480-479 by victories of the allied greeks ...

• VII

the greeks did surprisingly little and only since the arrival of xerxes ... one of the early persian kings cyrus submitted to the assyrian empire (647 bc). ...

• The Battle of Lade

left to themselves, the eretrians repulsed the assaults of the persians against ... it generated among the greeks the spirit which beat back xerxes, ...

• o

darius, and later xerxes, decided that larger numbers persian forces would be needed. the greeks became more aware of the persian forces and it was ...

• The Baldwin Project: The Story of Greece by Mary Macgregor

... next to mardonius was of most note among the persians and with the king." as for the greeks, after having driven the persian cavalry from the field, ...

• The Baldwin Project: Our Young Folks' Plutarch by Rosalie Kaufman

xerxes had succeeded darius as king of persia by this time. ... it was fortunate for the greeks that xerxes was such an inferior general as he proved ...

• Immortals

the 'immortals', is the greek term for the elite of the persian army. ... thermoplyae, initially kept in reserve, xerxes committed the immortals against the ...

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posted at 2005-08-29