Xerxes ( 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.
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