ORONO – Meet Xerxes, a dog in possession of a Greek name with roots stretching further back to Persian. It means hero among rulers. Xerxes is a very good boy. He’s also the first community ...

Xerxes the Great was the fourth King of Kings who ruled the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Known in the modern day for fighting the Greeks, as well as for for his battle-hardened feats and massive ...

By night he sent a messenger to the Persian king, Xerxes, informing him that the Greeks intended to flee. Unless he acted now, Xerxes would lose the opportunity to defeat the Greeks in one fell swoop.