Delving Into The Details
Imagine, for a moment, that the towering figure of King Xerxes himself appeared before us today. To honor him adequately, mere appellations fall short. Xerxes the Great? Hardly sufficient.
This monarch, emerging from the illustrious lineage of the Achaemenid dynasty, born to King Darius I and Queen Atossa in 519 BC, amassed a plethora of grandiose titles reflective of his vast dominion. To address him with the protocol his stature demands, one would have to traverse the full gamut: “King Xerxes the Great, King of Kings, Great King, King of Persia, King of Babylon, Pharaoh of Egypt, and King of Countries.” Admittedly, such an elaborate introduction could overshadow the commencement of a banquet, as the guests’ anticipation grows with each regal epithet..