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Ahasuerus
Ahasuerus (; in the Septuagint; or in the Vulgate; commonly transliterated "Achashverosh"; cf. , "Xšaya.āršan"; "Axšoreš;" New Persian "Xašāyār" خشایار; ) is a name used several times in the Hebrew Bible, as well as related legends and Apocrypha. This name (or title) is applied in the Hebrew Scriptures to three rulers. The same name is also applied uncertainly to a Babylonian official (or Median king) noted in the Book of Tobit.
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Ahasuerus at the End of the World
Ahasuerus at the End of the World is a late 19th century oil painting by Hungarian artist Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl. Done in oil on canvas, the work depicts the Old Testament King Ahasuerus witnessing the end of the world. The exceedingly dark symbolism used in the work has been used to cite Hirschl as a Symbolist.