1. king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC); [syn: Xerxes I, Xerxes the Great]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Xerxes I
n 1: king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won
the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated
(519-465 BC) [syn: Xerxes I, Xerxes the Great]