Artaxerxes

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1. Artaxerxes - Noun

2. Artaxerxes - Proper noun

Meaning

king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC)

king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC)

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A date of 428 BC, based on the idea that the "seventh" year of Artaxerxes is a mistake for "thirty-seventh" year, has become less popular, as it is based entirely on conjecture. Source: Internet

Berlin London: LIT, p.13 Therefore, they do not form a part of the Plutarchian canon of single biographies – as represented by the Life of Aratus of Sicyon and the Life of Artaxerxes II (the biographies of Hesiod, Pindar, Crates and Daiphantus were lost). Source: Internet

After killing Darius, Bessus took the regal name Artaxerxes V and began calling himself the King of Asia. Source: Internet

Letter of the Samaritans to Artaxerxes, and reply of Artaxerxes: The "enemies of Judah and Benjamin" offer to help with the rebuilding, but are rebuffed; they then work to frustrate the builders "down to the reign of Darius." Source: Internet

Nehemiah is a cup-bearer to king Artaxerxes II of Persia – an important official position. Source: Internet

His opera Artaxerxes (1762) was the first attempt to set a full-blown opera seria in English and was a huge success, holding the stage until the 1830s. Source: Internet

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