According to the legend, what did King Xerxes I order to have done after a violent storm destroyed his bridge?
Correct answer: Whip the strait

Old Fool
He was several sausages short of a barbecue. 🤪🤪🤪

thom
wow, is he available to be president?

luckycatfay
Player #37304733, I didn't pick that as it sounded ridiculous just goes to show!

Player #41739476
nutteeier than a fruit cake

ted
everybody knows what kind of dude does such things

Goose
Aka the bad guy from 300

Mark
His mother was Atossa? Rude!

Hamed
emperor of Persian people (Iran)

Kiwirobot
That'll show it! It'll think twice before angering the king again!

Player #151634767
QWERTY is the best way to get some good things 😺😺😺😺

Eugene
Actually, when Herodotus describes Xerxes ordering the sea to be whipped after the storm destroyed the bridges, it’s not because Xerxes literally thought he could punish water like a person. In the cultural context of the ancient world, these kinds of symbolic gestures were pretty common—they were meant to show determination, assert dominance over the elements, and also to motivate and encourage people around him after a setback.
So, whipping the sea and throwing fetters in wasn’t about being "crazy" or "out of touch," but more about showing his soldiers and workers that he wasn't blaming them for the failure. Instead, he was blaming the uncontrollable forces (the storm), and sending a message: “We won't let nature beat us; we'll try again and succeed.” It actually seemed to work, since the second attempt was successful!

Eugene
Old Fool, ... rather than being "a few sausages short of a barbecue," Xerxes was using strong symbolism to keep morale up and push his people to keep going. It’s kind of like a coach yelling at bad weather instead of his team—he’s rallying the troops, not losing his mind.

Maverick
I didn't get it, I just guessed 😹

Veronica
💕QuizQueen💕, what if it was dance

Player #120374466
I'm certain that he was married to Queen Esther who unbeknownst to was Jew. But she showed courage to alert the king of a conspiracy to wipe out her people. And God willing, allowed the Jewish people to defend themselves and to save their future generations until the Messiah came.

Adhikshya
he would not dance bruhh

drescelline
i dont read history so i answer it on purpose and got it right

JAZZY
I didn't know and I got it right

0livia
OLIVIA is

AckaNyame
A Great King

matt
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💕QuizQueen💕
what if it was dance

Angie
Dude why would they even dance... The pictures literally give the answers

kavya varma
open link !12345678910

BLOSSOM_270512
i really don't know about it.. but the answer i took the last clue amd it goes right..😊

Ojasvi Mishra
It just was a guess and made it correct

chloe
Mark, u search it or u reed it?

chloe
thom, maybe

chloe
but why did he do that atfter what happend???

Dieu linh
De dang ma

Player #55639748
ted, 8

brina
lucky I guessed write

samhita D
anila, yes

anila
I don't understand it

🔥
too long question😒