Artaxerxes
Encyclopedia
Artaxerxes may refer to:
The throne name of several Achaemenid rulers of the 1st Persian Empire:
Artaxerxes may also refer to:
In fiction:
The throne name of several Achaemenid rulers of the 1st Persian Empire:
- Artaxerxes I of PersiaArtaxerxes I of PersiaArtaxerxes I was the sixth king of kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 465 BCE to 424 BCE. He was the son of Xerxes I of Persia and Amestris, daughter of Otanes.*Artaxerxes I was the sixth king of kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 465 BCE to 424 BCE. He was the son of Xerxes I of Persia and...
, Artaxerxes I Longimanus, r. 465–424 BC, son and successor of Xerxes I - Artaxerxes II of PersiaArtaxerxes II of PersiaArtaxerxes II Mnemon was king of Persia from 404 BC until his death. He was a son of Darius II of Persia and Parysatis.-Reign:...
, Artaxerxes II Memnon, r. 404–358 BC, son and successor of Darius II - Artaxerxes III of PersiaArtaxerxes III of PersiaArtaxerxes III of Persia , was the Great King of Persia and the eleventh Emperor of the Achaemenid Empire, as well as the first Pharaoh of the 31st dynasty of Egypt. He was the son and successor of Artaxerxes II and was succeeded by his son, Arses of Persia...
, Artaxerxes III Ochus, r. 358–338 BC, son and successor of Artaxerxes II - Arses of PersiaArses of PersiaArtaxerxes IV Arses was king of Persia between 338 BC and 336 BC. He was the youngest son of King Artaxerxes III and Atossa and was not expected to succeed to the throne of Persia...
, Artaxerxes IV Arses, r. 338–336 BC, son and successor of Artaxerxes III - BessusBessusArtaxerxes V, also known as Bessus was a prominent Persian nobleman and satrap of Bactria, and later self-proclaimed king of Persia...
, Artaxerxes V Bessus, r. 330–329 BC, nobleman who seized the throne from Darius III
Artaxerxes may also refer to:
- Artaxerxes (opera)Artaxerxes (opera)Artaxerxes is an opera in three acts composed by Thomas Arne set to an English adaptation of Metastasio's 1729 libretto Artaserse. The first English opera seria, Artaxerxes premiered on 2 February 1762 at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden and continued to be regularly performed until the late 1830s...
, an opera by Thomas Arne - Middle Persian Ardashir, which descends from Old Persian Artaxšacā, and is the name of several Sassanid rulers
In fiction:
- The wizard Artaxerxes is a prominent character in Tolkien's novel RoverandomRoverandom"Roverandom" is a novella written by J.R.R. Tolkien, originally told in 1925. It deals with the adventures of a young dog, Rover. In the story, an irritable wizard turns Rover into a toy, and Rover goes to the moon and under the sea in order to find the wizard again to turn him back into a...