Xerxes
Links
Xerxes
http://www.herodotuswebsite.co.uk/xerxes.htm
Detailed synopsis of Herodotus' accounts of the Persian ruler.
Herodotus: Xerxes at the Hellespont
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_1/herodotus.html
Translation of a brief story in which the Greek historian depicts the great Xerxes as a superstitious fool and a bloodthirsty tyrant. The Persian army is preparing to cross the Hellespont, which separated Asia from Europe.
Xerxes
http://plato-dialogues.org/tools/char/xerxes.htm
Biographical and historical profile, with reference to Plato's dialogues.