When King Xerxes saw Esther, he was pleased and held out his scepter to her, showing that he accepted her visit.

When Scyllis learned that Xerxes was to attack a Greek flotilla, he seized a knife and jumped overboard.

When Xerxes was eventually persuaded that the Allies intended to contest the pass, he sent his troops to attack.

When Xerxes I of Persia crossed the river during his invasion in 480 BC he buried alive nine young boys and nine maidens as a sacrifice to the river god.

When Tlaloc had conquered the Old Empire, Xerxes had taken control and changed the name of the planet from Rodale IX to just Ix.

When Darius died in 486 BC, Amestris was married to the crown prince, Xerxes.

The Nemean lion of pre-literate Greek myth is associated with the Labours of Herakles. When King Xerxes of Persia advanced through Macedon in 480 BC, several of his baggage camels were killed by lions, but the fourth-century compiler of the Historia Animalium attributed to Aristotle had apparently never seen a lion: " The lion has its neck composed of one single bone instead of vertebrae ".

When Antyrus refused the marriage, he was attacked by Darius, and after Darius by his son Xerxes.

When the rebellion was crushed, Scipio escaped from South Carolina into Augusta, Georgia, where he assumed the name " Xerxes " and over the years worked as a waiter at several restaurants: first that of Jerry Oglethorpe, then Erasmus, a prosperous black, and finally under Jerry Dover at the prestigious Huntsmans ' Lodge.

* When Leonidas was in charge of guarding the narrow mountain pass at Thermopylae with just 7, 000 Greek men in order to delay the invading Persian army, Xerxes offered to spare his men if they gave up their arms.

When May came the Caravan had already crossed the Equator.

When the platform is aligned, the reflected image of the crossed hairs can be seen exactly superimposed upon the original crossed hairs.

When he had recovered, he sailed to the front, but was shipwrecked ; after coming ashore with a handful of companions, he crossed hostile territory to Caesar's camp, which impressed his great-uncle considerably.

When the expedition ventured into California, they crossed into Mexican territory.

When no voltage is applied, the liquid crystals remain perpendicular to the substrate creating a black display between crossed polarizers.

When this decision was taken, Otho's army had already crossed the Po and were encamped at Bedriacum ( or Betriacum ), a small village on the Via Postumia, and on the route by which the legions from Dalmatia would naturally arrive.

When Saladin crossed the Orontes, leaving Hama, the sun was eclipsed.

When Henry I died in 1135, Stephen quickly crossed the English Channel and with the help of his brother Henry of Blois, a powerful ecclesiastic, took the throne, arguing that the preservation of order across the kingdom took priority over his earlier oaths to support the claim of Henry I's daughter, the Empress Matilda.

" When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.

When enemy troops crossed the mountains from Transylvania into Wallachia, Antonescu was ordered to design a defense plan for Bucharest.

When the fire engulfed a tall church west of the Chicago River, the flames crossed the south branch of the river.

" When the vanguard, comprising 5, 400 English and Welsh infantry plus several hundred cavalry, had crossed the Bridge, the attack was ordered.

When the remnants of the Napoleon's army crossed the Berezina River in November, only 27, 000 fit soldiers remained, with some 380, 000 men dead or missing and 100, 000 captured.

When William crossed the Thames at Wallingford he was met by Stigand, who now abandoned Edgar and submitted to the invader.

When Ulysses crossed the ecliptic twice per orbit, many GRB determinations lost accuracy.

When the Noldor led by Fingolfin discovered their betrayal, they went farther north and crossed the sea at the Grinding Ice which cost them many lives.

When the Danes again crossed to Lincolnshire the Norman forces there again drove them back across the Humber.

When two Exotic Shorthairs are crossed, they may produce longhaired kittens called “ Exotic Longhairs ” by the C. F. A.

When his character is arrested for a kidnapping, he describes the horrendous fate suffered by the last person who crossed him: Archie Leach ( Grant's real name ).

When two of Fabius ' legions marched out to protect foragers and crossed the Segre, the bridge gave way, cutting off the small force.

When the Nazis were defeated and Allied forces crossed the Rhine into Germany along with photo journalists, Fanon's regiment was ' bleached ' of all non-white soldiers and Fanon and his fellow Caribbean soldiers were sent to Toulon ( Provence ) instead.

When the east-west railroad line was completed, it crossed the north-south line near the boxcar, and the name " Wynne Junction " became well known in the area.

When the National Road was surveyed, it crossed a farm belonging to Waitsell M. Cary.

When De Soto crossed the Mississippi River in 1539, he traveled to a point below the mouth of the St. Francis River and eventually passed through present-day Butler County.

When the armistice ended, Cleon led a force of Athenians to Chalcidice to repress the revolts.

When, in late afternoon on the last day in June, he saw two people top the ridge to the south and walk toward the house, he quit work immediately and strode to his rifle.

When he saw the expression in her eyes, he knew he couldn't send them on.

When they turned in the saddle they could see the men behind them, strung out on the prairie in a flat black line.

When one of the men in the hall behind us spat on the floor and scraped his boot over the gob of spittle I noticed how the clerk winced.

When they reached their neighbor's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought -- of the type to which she was frequently subject these days -- that they might never see one another again.

When Fred Powell's brother-in-law, Charlie Keane, moved into the dead man's home, the anonymous letter writer took no chances on Charlie taking up where Fred had left off and wasted no time on a first notice:

When I fell on my back, I saw a vulture hovering.

Joyce went on, `` When we'd finished, Lou -- Mr. Thor -- asked me to stay a little longer.

When we opened the door again for business and switched on the lights she said:

When he sank on his knees, they had allowed him to char without administering the stroke of mercy.

When he got closer to the tree, Matsuo noted the wild look on his face.

When he rolled on the left side, propping on his left elbow, Matsuo seized his hair and pulled him back over.

When her hand touched his, fire went through Jack and he felt weak, but he managed somehow to get her on her feet.

When he finally left the sinister mansion on Perdido Street, he was carried out in a coroner's basket.

When you pass a church on an Irish bus, all the hands flurry in the sign of the cross.

When he was stripped, deloused and numbered by his guards, his much-thumbed sketchbook was seized and thrown on a pile of prisoners' goods to be confiscated.

When combined with the metaphysical notion that pure forms of this universe are best appreciated when least embodied in a material substratum, it becomes clear that while earth will be dross on a scale of material-formal ratios, celestial bodies will be of a subtle, quickened, ethereal existence, in whose embodiment pure form will be the dominant component and matter will be absent or remain subsidiary.

When the family business failed, Mercer left school and on his mother's urging -- for she hoped that he would become an actor -- he joined a local little theater group.

Besides doing a single song, `` When The Sun Comes Out '', they worked on the ambitious American-Negro Suite, for voices and piano, as well as songs for films.

When I returned to make my report, the Hetman did not remember having sent me on the secret mission.

When Fred wheeled him back into his room, the big one looking out on the back porch, and put him to bed, Papa told him he was very tired but that he had enjoyed greatly the trip downtown.

When the young biologist, Dr. Ballard, began to show interest in our daughter Elizabeth, this induced a corresponding interest, on our part, in him.

When he turns briefly to literary style, in the Third Book, he again looks to the effect on the audience.