Darius I

American  

[duh-rahy-uhs] / dəˈraɪ əs /

noun

1. Darius Hystaspesthe Great, 558?–486? b.c., king of Persia 521–486.

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Darius I British  

/ dəˈraɪəs /

noun

1. known as Darius the Great, surname Hystaspis. ?550–486 _bc , king of Persia (521–486), who extended the Persian empire and crushed the revolt of the Ionian city states (500). He led two expeditions against Greece but was defeated at Marathon (490)

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Example Sentences

And that’s not the Darius I want to be around—I want the real him, the one I know.

From Literature

Some say their mission to join up the disparate Kurdish dots fits in with Iran’s hopes of pushing west to the Mediterranean like Darius I, an ancient Persian king.

From Economist

He reported that when the Persian emperor Darius I invaded India around 510 B.C., his men found a sweet reed that produced honey.

From Literature

The face of an Achaimenid sovereign, probably Darius I, was sculpted in white limestone, with a cap on the top of his head and a long beard.

From The Guardian

The fraud was short-lived, and Darius I. became king and the founder of a new dynasty.

From Project Gutenberg