" His history is the biography man." The history always recorded the famous people in the ancient world. Due to the reason, there is not much information about ordinary person. However the history is simply an agreed upon lie.

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“ His history is the biography man.” The history always recorded the famous people in the ancient world. Due to the reason, there is not much information about ordinary person. However the history is simply an agreed upon lie. Truth is not going to match the legend. And people will always prefer the legend. There is many interpretation of the representation of Xerxes from both ancient and modern sources.

When Darius died in 486BC, his son by queen Atossa daughter of Cyrus, become king. Darius had reigned for approximately thirty –five years; his son Xerxes inherited the greatest empire the ancient world had ever seen. (Herodotus in the histories, book7.2-3), tell us the story of how Xerxes become a king. Xerxes was not the first – born son of Darius. Artabaznes was an oldest son from Darius ’ marriage to the daughter of Gobryas, a noble. Xerxes was born after Darius become king and he was the descendant of the Cyrus.

  I am Xerxes, the great king, king of kings, king of lands, containing many men, king in his great earth far and wide, son of the Persian, and Aryan of seed.”(At olmstead, history of the Persian Empire, p231). “Darius my father made me great after himself ‘Xerxes says that he was intelligent active, a friend of truth and protector of the weak, considered information before making a decision, was not emotional in his judgement and was a great warrior.

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Persian artists were probably biased in their representation of Darius and Xerxes. He is shown as being tall, regal and band some –in fact, he cannot be distinguished from relief of his father. In the ancient, the artist think that kings all is same appearance. The inscription was found in a cultivated field, within two kilometers of Persepolis. The inscription similar to the Darius’s inscription, this probably a historical; it is more likely a prayer.

[1.1-5] A great god is ahuramaza, who created this marvel which is seen, who created happiness for man, who bestowed wisdom and courage upon ...

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