Most of the time he is consumed with his lust for vengeance against the Athenians, due to the part they played in slaying his father Darius. He holds the Greeks in obvious revulsion, yet he declared that he was assasinated and impressed by the might of the Spartans. “
He is a god”
.
Did Xerxes really believe he was a god?
The
historical Xerxes probably did not consider himself a god
, but he was a legend in his own time. He removed a golden statue from the temple of Zeus, desecrating the temple, something his father Darius did not dare to do.
Who is Xerxes in the Bible?
Xerxes I is notable in Western history for his failed invasion of Greece in 480 BC. Xerxes is identified with
the king Ahasuerus
in the biblical Book of Esther, which scholars generally consider to be fictional.
Who is the god king in 300?
Rodrigo Santoro as
King Xerxes
, the powerful and ruthless god-like supreme king of Persia.
Was Xerxes a giant?
Almost 8 feet tall. Herodotus wrote in Histories (7:117) that “[
Xerxes] was in stature the tallest of all the Persians
, falling short by only four fingers of being five royal cubits in height.” A royal cubit is assumed to be a bit more than 20 English inches (52 cm), which makes Xerxes almost 8 feet tall (2.43 m).
What bad things did Xerxes do?
Most famous for his
failure to conquer Greece
, King Xerxes is perhaps one of the most notorious Achaemenid Persian kings. Xerxes I had a reputation for harsh punishments, womanizing, and draining the Persian empire’s coffers.
Who are the 4 kings of Persia?
- Cyrus the Great (r. 550-530 BC)
- Cambyses II (r. 530-522 BC)
- Darius I The Great (r. 522-486 BC)
- Xerxes I (r. 485-465 BC)
- Darius II (r. 424-404 BC)
- Artaxerxes II (r. 404-358 BC)
- Darius III (r. 336-330 BC)
Who betrayed Sparta?
In popular media. In the 1962 film The 300 Spartans, Ephialtes was portrayed by Kieron Moore and is depicted as a loner who worked on a goat farm near Thermopylae. He betrays the Spartans to the Persians out of greed for riches, and, it is implied, unrequited love for a Spartan girl named Ellas.
Are Cyrus and Darius the same?
Darius
was a member of the royal bodyguard of Cambyses II, the son and heir of Cyrus the Great who ruled for several years before dying mysteriously in 522. Later that same year, Darius took the throne after killing an alleged usurper he claimed had only pretended to be Cambyses’ brother Bardiya.
What power does Xerxes have?
Like his father, he ruled
the empire at its territorial apex
. He ruled from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC at the hands of Artabanus, the commander of the royal bodyguard. Xerxes I is notable in Western history for his invasion of Greece in 480 BC.
How tall was Xerxes in real life?
In a larger than life battle film like “300,” the villain has to be extra-larger than life. Xerxes, the king of Persia, is portrayed as
seven feet tall
. Actor Rodrigo Santoro is only 6’2′′. Not too shabby, but the other 10 inches are special effects.
What is Xerxes best known for?
He is best known for
his massive invasion of Greece from across the Hellespont (480 bce)
, a campaign marked by the battles of Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea. His ultimate defeat spelled the beginning of the decline of the Achaemenian Empire.
Why did Queen Vashti refuse?
She was banished for her
refusal to appear at the king’s banquet to show her beauty as the king wished
, and Esther was chosen to succeed her as queen. That refusal might be better understood via the Jewish tradition that she was ordered to appear naked.
What happens to the god king in 300?
Xerxes wandered out into the desert, while Artemisia assassinated all of Xerxes’ advisors. He eventfully found a Hermit’s cave, and through the use of dark magic, was stripped of his humanity and was reborn as the
god king
.
Who was the God King?
The God King is
an ancient and immortal being who leads the voidwoken
, former eternals who were tainted by the void and the Sworn. He sought to avenge the ‘Original Sin’ by punishing the Seven Gods for banishing his people into the Void, while also trying to return his people back to Rivellon.
Where is Persia today?
Persia, historic region of southwestern Asia associated with the area that is now modern
Iran
. The term Persia was used for centuries and originated from a region of southern Iran formerly known as Persis, alternatively as Pārs or Parsa, modern Fārs.
