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Xerxes

Xerxes, king of Persia

Paus. 2.31.5, Paus. 10.20.1
father of Artaxerxes: Paus. 1.8.2
crosses to Europe: Paus. 3.12.6, Paus. 8.42.8
his army: Paus. 9.32.5
his army attacked by lions in Thrace: Paus. 6.5.4
invades Greece: Paus. 3.11.3, Paus. 7.6.3, Paus. 7.10.2
overthrows Lacedaemonians at Thermopylae: Paus. 3.4.7 ff., Paus. 8.52.2
buries Lacedaemonians at Thermopylae: Paus. 9.32.9
number of Greeks who mustered at Thermopylae to meet Xerxes: Paus. 10.20.1 ff.
Xerxes burns sanctuary of Apollo at Abae: Paus. 10.35.2
burns Hyampolis: Paus. 10.35.6
burns cities of Phocis: Paus. 10.33.8
makes attempt on Delphic sanctuary: Paus. 10.7.1
marches against Athens: Paus. 3.9.6
captures Athens: Paus. 1.8.5
carries off statues of Harmodius and Aristogiton from Athens: Paus. 1.8.5
carries off image of Artemis from Brauron and image of Apollo from Branchidae: Paus. 1.16.3, Paus. 8.46.3
his fleet defeated by Themistocles at Salamis: Paus. 1.36.2, Paus. 1.37.1, Paus. 8.52.2
building in imitation of his tent: Paus. 1.20.4
his execution of a Babylonian priest: Hdt. 1.183
of Sataspes: Hdt. 4.43
succession to the throne: Hdt. 7.2, Hdt. 7.3
his council, and colloquies with Artabanus: Hdt. 7.8-18
treatment of Pythius: Hdt. 7.27, Hdt. 7.28, Hdt. 7.38, Hdt. 7.39
scourging of the Hellespont: Hdt. 7.35
further colloquy with Artabanus: Hdt. 7.46-52
with Demartus: Hdt. 7.101-104, Hdt. 7.209, Hdt. 7.234-237
Xerxes' visit to the Peneus: Hdt. 7.128-130
generosity to two Spartans: Hdt. 7.136
his personal beauty: Hdt. 7.187
vengeance on the dead Leonidas: Hdt. 7.238
advice given to Xerxes by Artemisia: Hdt. 8.68, Hdt. 8.69
Xerxes a spectator of the battle of Salamis: Hdt. 8.88, Hdt. 8.90
his council of war after the battle: Hdt. 8.100-102
his fear of the Greeks: Hdt. 8.203
story of his danger of shipwreck in his return: Hdt. 8.118, Hdt. 8.119
his passion for his brother's wife and daughter, and its consequences: Hdt. 9.108-113