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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 Themistocles, a former Athenian general who had been 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.

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]

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