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==Biography==
==Biography==
A child king, Artaxerxes befriended [[Themistocles]], a former [[Athens|Athenian]] general who had been [[ostracization|ostracized]] and fled to Persia, early in his reign. Themistocles tutored the young king and told him many stories of the wonders of Greece; before Themistocles death, Artxerxes promised his tutor that he would see each of the great landmarks he had been told about.
A child king, Artaxerxes befriended [[Themistokles]], a former [[Athens|Athenian]] general who had been [[ostracization|ostracized]] and fled to Persia, early in his reign. Themistokles tutored the young king and told him many stories of the wonders of Greece; before Themistokles death, Artxerxes promised his tutor that he would see each of the great landmarks he had been told about.


Artaxerxes' [[Hystaspes|brother]] later plotted to overthrow him, and hired Darius to assassinate Artaxerxes via poison. Artaxerxes managed to escape, though he did lose his sight in the process, and fled Persia. He travelled to [[Greece]] where he sought refuge in the city of [[Megara]], [[Megaris]].<ref name="The Blind King">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Blind King]]</ref>
Artaxerxes' [[Hystaspes|brother]] later plotted to overthrow him, and hired Darius to assassinate Artaxerxes via poison. Artaxerxes managed to escape, though he did lose his sight in the process, and fled Persia. He travelled to [[Greece]] where he sought refuge in the city of [[Megara]], [[Megaris]].<ref name="The Blind King">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[The Blind King]]</ref>

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Artaxerxes I of Persia, known simply as Artaxerxes during his exile, was King of the Achaemenid Empire and Pharaoh of Egypt during the 5th century BCE. The son of Xerxes I, he succeeded his father after his assassination in 465 BCE by Darius.

Biography

A child king, Artaxerxes befriended Themistokles, a former Athenian general who had been ostracized and fled to Persia, early in his reign. Themistokles tutored the young king and told him many stories of the wonders of Greece; before Themistokles death, Artxerxes promised his tutor that he would see each of the great landmarks he had been told about.

Artaxerxes' brother later plotted to overthrow him, and hired Darius to assassinate Artaxerxes via poison. Artaxerxes managed to escape, though he did lose his sight in the process, and fled Persia. He travelled to Greece where he sought refuge in the city of Megara, Megaris.[1]

Trivia

  • Historically, Artaxerxes I died in 424 BCE in the city of Susa.

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