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n. - King of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC); King of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC).

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  • Miss Cawse was rather a dumpy Artaxerxes, which is an impertinent remark for me to make; she has a beautiful contralto voice.
  • Garden, where the opera of "Artaxerxes" was being represented.
  • I turned as cold as ice as the symphony of "Fair Aurora" (the opera was "Artaxerxes") began, and she came forward with Mr. Wilson.
  • Three years after this, he wrote "Artaxerxes", an opera in the Italian manner, with recitative but no spoken dialogue, taking the text of
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