This family was known as the Achaemenids, named for their ancestor, King Achaemenes. Contrary to what certain portrayals have depicted, Xerxes would never have referred to himself as a god.

It's all in All About History 125. Xerxes (the Greek spelling of his name), was the king of the Persian Empire from 486 to 465 BCE. He is remembered in western scholarship for his defeat by ...

The queen could enter the throne room of Xerxes because she had spent time in the throne room of God. The same is true in your story and mine. Once we’ve spoken to the King of heaven ...

Rodrigo Santoro, who reprises his role as villainous god-king Xerxes, is from Petropolis, Brazil, 40 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. “I remember playing with friends all day, even in my cousin ...

“Xerxes conquers and controls everything he rests his eyes upon. He leads an army so massive, it shakes the ground with its march – so vast, it drinks the rivers dry. All the god-king Xerxes ...

IN telling the tale of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae -- an epic confrontation in 480 B.C. in which King Leonidas leads ... hordes of self-proclaimed god-king Xerxes -- director Zack Snyder ...

Rodrigo Santoro is now officially set to return as the creepy Persian god-king Xerxes for Noam Murro's Spartan sequel 300: Battle of Artemisia. The actor will be joining Eva Green, Sullivan ...

I really thought this one was dead in the water when Zack Snyder decided to direct man Of Steel for WB, but apparently we will still be getting that 300 spin off detailing the "God King" Xerxes ...