They were leaders the Persian Empire. Darius was the father of Xerxes. Darius led the Persians in the first Persian war, while Xerxes led the Persians in the second Persian war.
Xerxes was a Persian emperor. Persia is modern-day Iran. He plays a role in Greek mythology because he was a leader at a time when the Persian empire was very strong. As a result, he would be subject to being in many myths about war, etc.
He died 30 years before - it was run by his successors Darius I and Xerxes I.
Xerxes I.
By the Persian king Xerxes.
1. The people of the Greek city-states who banded together to resist the Persian attempt to keep them within the Persian Empire. 2. The people of the Persian Empire who manned the land and naval forces to prosecute the war.
Xerxes I.
Xerxes II.
The Persian failed invasion of mainland Greece 480 to 479 BCE.
Darius I led the Persians in the First Persian War. Xerxes I led them in the Second.
There was no Greek war Salamis. There was a sea battle in which the fleet of the southern Greek cities defeated a Persian-led fleet of warships supplied by its subject territories - Phoenicias, Asian-Greek and Egyptian.
The Greek and Persian War started in 499 B.C.