Xerxes

Xerxes (/ˈzɜːrksiːz/ ZURK-seez) may refer to:

People

• Xerxes I of Persia, "Xerxes the Great", reigned 486–465 BC
• Xerxes II of Persia, briefly reigned 424 BC
• Xerxes of Sophene, ruler of Sophene and Commagene, 228–201 BC
• Xerxes (Sasanian prince), 6th-century prince and general
• Xerxes (name), a list of people with the name

Fiction, stage and video

• Il Xerse (Xerxès in its 1660 French version), a 1654 opera by Francesco Cavalli
• Xerse (Bononcini), a 1694 opera by Giovanni Bononcini
• Serse (Xerxes), a 1738 opera by George Frideric Handel
• Xerxes, a 1919 novel by Louis Couperus
• Xerxes (TV series), a 1988 Swedish TV series about young adults
• Xerxes (graphic novel), a 2018 graphic novel by Frank Miller

Other

• Xerxes Peak, a mountain in the Canadian Rockies
• XerxesDZB, a Dutch professional football team based in Rotterdam
• Roksan Xerxes, a series of record turntables from Roksan Audio (UK)
• XerXeS, a denial-of-service attack tool developed by The Jester
• XERXES, a computer AI in System Shock 2
• Xerxes, a 1994 album by Arcwelder
• Xerxes (plant), a genus of flowering plants in the aster family

See also

• Ahasuerus, a related name used in the Hebrew Bible, legends and Apocrypha
• Artaxerxes I of Persia, reigned 465–424 BC
• Xerces (disambiguation)