Ahasuerus

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hebrew bible Xerxes I Esther Rabba, I, 3 Jacob Hoschander Khashayar-sha Cambyses II
Ahasuerus is a name used several times in the Hebrew Bible, as well as related legends and apocrypha. The name is generally thought to be... More
Leonidas I

Leonidas I

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Laconic phrase Agiad ephors Gorgo Oracle of Delphi Carneia … Xerxes I
Leonidas (Greek: " - "Lion's son", "Lion-like") was a king of Sparta, the 17th of the Agiad line, one of the sons of King Anaxandridas II of... More
Mardonius

Mardonius

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persian Ionian Revolt Persian Wars Battle of Marathon Hellespont Asia Minor … Xerxes I
Mardonius (d. 479 BC) was a Persian commander during the Persian Wars with Greece in the 5th century BC. He was the son of Gobryas and the... More

Achaemenes

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Battle of Pampremis Killed in action Inarus Persian king Salamis Island Battle of Papremis … Xerxes I
Achaemenes was the satrap of Egypt from 484 BC until his death in 460 BC, and a member of the Achaemenid dynasty. According to Herodotus, he was a... More

Inaros

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Memphis persian athenian libya satrap susa … Xerxes I
Inaros (c.460 BC) was an egyptian rebel ruler who was the son of a Libyan prince named Psametik. He revolted against the persian satrap Akheimenes... More

Esther

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Jewish Major figure of the Hebrew Bible Prophet of the Hebrew Bible prophet Ahasuerus persian … Xerxes I
Esther, born Hadassah, was a woman in the Hebrew Bible, the queen of Ahasuerus (commonly identified with either Xerxes I or Artaxerxes II), and... More
Atossa

Atossa

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persian The Persian Cyrus Cylinder Cambyses II Xerxes I Darius I
Atossa or Hutaosa was a Queen consort of Persia. In Modern Persian, her name is آتوسا. She was the daughter of Cyrus the Great and a half-... More

Artapanus

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persian Achaemenid dynasty sparta General battle of thermopylae Xerxes I
Artapanus was a Persian General under Xerxes I. According to Ctesias' "Persica", Artapanus led the first wave of Persians against the Spartan force... More

Hyperanthes

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darius the great battle of thermopylae leonidas Spartans Xerxes I Abrocomes
Hyperanthes was a son of Darius the Great of Persia and brother to Xerxes I. He was present in the second invasion of Greece in 480 BC. According... More

Inarus

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Memphis delta Phoenicia Pharos Persian Empire BC death … Xerxes I
Ienheru or Inarus, also known as Inaros, (c.460 BC) was an Egyptian rebel ruler who was the son of a Libyan prince named Psametik, presumably of... More