Imagining Xerxes: Ancient Perspectives on a Persian King by Emma Bridges

Imagining Xerxes: Ancient Perspectives on a Persian King

Emma Bridges

256 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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Xerxes, the Persian king who invaded Greece in 480 BC, quickly earned a notoriety that endured throughout antiquity and beyond. The Greeks' historical encounter with this eastern king - which resulted, against overwhelming odds, in the defeat of t...

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