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artaxerxes
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What does artaxerxes mean?
proper noun
- (historical) The name of several Achaemenid kings of Persia.
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For he flattered her with the thoughts of being his wife and partner in the kingdom after the death of Artaxerxes.
The anecdote is as follows, as related by Plutarch, in the Life of Artaxerxes.
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Cyrus, that so renowned king, amongst the other qualities by which he claimed to be preferred before his brother Artaxerxes, urged this excellence, that he could drink a great deal more than he.
Had we no other evidence of the comparatively exalted character of the religion of the Persians than the history of the lives of such men as Darius, Cyrus, Artaxerxes, and others, we should conclude, notwithstanding the similarity in the ceremonials of these two religions, that some influence had been at work to preserve them from the cruelty and licentiousness which prevailed among the Jews.