Xerxes

Xerxes is a male name. Most notably, it may refer to Xerxes I of Persia (reigned 485–465 BCE). It may also refer to:

People

• Xerxes II of Persia, reigned 424 BCE
• Xerxes of Armenia, Armenian king, assassinated around 212 BCE
• Xerxes of Commagene, third Satrap of the state of Commagene (228 to 201 BCE)

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 (film), a film currently in development by Zack Snyder et al
• Xerxes The God-King, a 2010 release by American rapper King Gordy

Other

• Xerxes, a series of record turntables from Roksan Audio (UK)
• XerxesDZB, a former Dutch professional football team
• XERXES, a hardcore punk band from Louisville, KY

See also

• Ahasuerus
• Xerces (disambiguation)