Talk:Xerxes I of Persia/Archive 1
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Is this the same King Xerxes who is mentioned in the book of Esther??
what would be the best spot to start looking for infomation on Xerxes, with reference to his millitary career
I'd recommend reading text books. Not a lot of information on the internet, but plenty in certain textbooks that analyse historical individuals.
Missing later years
I deleted afew sentences that did not have any reference or citation. Lordpezhman 12:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Xerxes and Ahasueros
How would Khshayarsha or Khsha-yar-shan correspond phonologically with the Hebrew אחשורש Aḥashverosh ? Thanks! Meursault2004 13:57, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
Handsommest of all times
An spoild, foolish, idle King of a huge empire world never seen before. unlike his father Dareios the great he was unwise and inexperianced kid. he was described as handsomest man of all times. Generious and kind but short-lasting-temper, regreting his anger immidiately by adressing him self as a kind King and "I am kind , I shall be kind". Interesting complexion: imagine being born in a court where almost whole known world is united under one King. Xerxes was brought up under such sircomstance, a prince and son to worlds mightiest man history ever seen! What ever he wished in the firm was ready and prepared. surrounded by 1000s of staff only observing him grow up to take over the empire. Strange, Dareios the great would be so wise in every feild but failed to prevent weaknesses that his crown prince might face as a future king of empire? Dareios him self have survived lots of intrigues and plots.(UTC)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.212.121.177 (talk) 19:04, August 25, 2007 (UTC)
Being famous as the handsomest man of all times Xerxes had to deal with constant intrigues as well as mysterious incidances through out the empire.(UTC)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.212.121.177 (talk) 18:22, August 25, 2007 (UTC)
"King of Babel?" Is this history or is this My Big Bible Coloring Book? I changed the references to Babylon of course. Let's raise the standard a little here. --Wetman 21:44, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
- Babel was the real name for Babylon, though... Brutannica 05:45, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
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- "Real"! I'm reading that Akkadian bab-iluš means "Gate of God", translating Sumerian Kadingirra. But all I know is what I read. --Wetman 15:06, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
- Maybe it depends on how we are tought and what language is our mother toung. I was taught in highschool that Babel is correct. -Mohseng 14:55, 27 April 2007 (UTC).
NEED SOMEONE WITH MAD LAYOUT SKILLS!
can someone who knows what they're doing clean up the top - cheers Danlibbo 09:08, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Why are we f* arguing about dis things when der are more cool things 2 talk about like stars
SORRY TO INSERT THIS SO CRUDELY!
but Shahanshah translates to "King of Kings", not Persian emporer as stated. The word is identical (though do not quote me on this part) in Farci, Peshto and Urdu.
Considering that emperor, in its most basic form, means a king of kings, I believe it is fine.
One Relief, Two Kings
The articles on Xerxes and Darius each have pictures of the very same relief from Persepolis, (note the damage) and each article attributes the portrait to its eponymous king. Is it a relief of Xerxes? Of Darius? Is this question disputed? In any case, the image from the article on Darius is of much better quality, so it should be used once we've established a reasonable caption. 75.71.66.105 21:36, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
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- you're right. this is not the picture of Xerxes, but it's HIS FATHER'S(Darius') picture. he is standing behind his father's throne and this is their full picture.
and this is his picture http://www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/images/xerxes_darius_pharnaces.jpg http://www.livius.org/a/iran/persepolis/apadana-northstairs-relief/proskynesis07-prince_s.JPG sorry, I don't know how to put pics in wikipedia, can somebody help me? thanx in advanceLordpezhman 21:14, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Political Career Section
I was just reading the article and noticed some missing information under the Political Career section, but I can't imagine what information is missing so hopefully someone else can figure it out and fix it. It's at the end of the secion and shows this:
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Eljaccjldc 13:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Phi3927 0:39(Pacific), 29 March 2007 Is it meant to say 'disfigured lesbian?' The rest of the paragraph suggests something more like leper. The article on the battle of Thermopylae states that Xerxes was known for his anger, so the last sentence of this section should probably be struck.
Xerxes in Popular Culture
In this section, it reads -- regarding the film "300", "In the film, Xerxes makes a point of displaying his generosity, with a large part of his discourse emphasizing that he is "kind." This is rather inaccurate. Xerxes doesn't actually display generosity, he merely claims to be generous. Big difference. I've slightly modified the text to use this more circumspect position. Bricology 03:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Religion of Xerxes
In the movie 300, they also portray Xerxes as a "god-king". I think this is inaccurate, drawing more from Egyptian culture than Persian. As I understand it, Xerxes' father Darius I had as much as declared himself to be a Zoroastrian by referring to himself as a servant of Ahura Mazda (but showing tolerance toward other religions); Xerxes was almost certainly also a Zoroastrian as well. Perhaps it would be a good idea to dispel that inaccuracy that Xerxes saw himself as a "god-king".
a looser in fight may make a giant or devil from a winner of war they did so.they must have rationalized their weakness.and they have to do it now. when persians lived in civilized world they lived in their caves or on top of the trees so they must create some thing to be proud of it .if iwas them i would do so. they have to make a history. they are so hopless thet they heve to cheat.they wish they could change the reality. poor people!!
":i wonder who could be so ignorant to believe anything that happends in the movie 300 to begin with..."- The film 300 has been watched by many historians and this is said on 300 (film) so I believe that you are indeed the "ignorant" one --Krummy2 11:09, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
- "many historians" mean historians that need to pay their bills so they agree to appear in an inteview for the special 5 dic edition dvd saying "yeah, maybe it happend that way you know...". I encourage you to look for information yourself to see how little did the film makers researched on the matter.
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