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)

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)