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.

Xerxes had spent years planning his invasion of Greece. It was to be his 'divine punishment' for his father Darius' crushing defeat at Marathon in 490 BC. Now, a decade later, he had spared no ...

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The North Carilna guitarist and singer proves a dedicated presever and reviver of of arcane traditional songs. “Bill Callahan told me about the pies”, Jake Xerxes Fussell reveals during the ...