XERXES

Persian king who destroyed Athens

• 300 villain

• 1738 Handel opera set in Persia

• Ancient invader of Greece

• Ancient Persian king

• Battle of Thermopylae victor, 480 B.C.

• Belligerent Persian ruler

• Esther's husband (to the Greeks)

• He built a bridge of boats across the Hellespont

• He completed the Gate of All Nations in the Persepolis

• Loser at Salamis

• Loser at Salamis and Plataea

• Persepolis king

• Persian king

• Persian king in 2006's 300

• Persian king who captured Athens

• Persian royal name

• Persian victor at Thermopylae

• Son of Darius I

• Thermopylae victor

• Victor at Thermopylae

• Victor at Thermopylae, 480 B.C.