(Ξέρξης), the only legitimate son of Artaxerxes I., succeeded his father as king of Persia in B. C. 425, but was murdered after a short reign of only two months by his half-brother Sogdianus or Secundianus, who thus became king. (Diod. 12.71; Ctesias, Pers. 100.44.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890