Introduction: encountering Xerxes
Staging Xerxes: Aeschylus and beyond
Historiographical enquiry: the Herodotean Xerxes-narrative
Xerxes in his own write? The Persian perspective
Pride, panhellenism and propaganda: Xerxes in the fourth century bc
The king at court: alternative (hi)stories of Xerxes
The past as a paradigm: Xerxes in a world ruled by Rome
Epilogue: re-imagining Xerxes.
Imagining Xerxes : ancient perspectives on a Persian king by Emma Bridges. ISBN 9781472514271. Published by Bloomsbury in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.