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p v v v v D Xerxes Hubris , which describes excessive arrogance and pride , met punishment . A common trait for the powerful and wealthy , hubris exacts punishment because this finds expression in defiance of the gods . Hubris also draws retribution because this causes humiliation or violent actions leading to deaths Xerxes is a historical

figure who met punishment and retribution for his hubris . Xerxes was an ambitious and driven king who sought to exceed the previous kings in maintaining the glory of Persia . He sought to expand the Persian kingdom until the sky , where the gods reside , so that the sun would not be looking down at Persia . To do this , Xerxes had to defeat Greece . He marched his army towards Greece . His ambition to become the ruler of the world was beyond the boundaries of nature . His hubris manifested in his action to fetter Hellespont . He ed his men to build two boat bridges as pathway for his soldiers across Hellespont . A storm destroyed this . He rebuilt the floating boats . He also cut Hellespont by creating a channel and filled these with land to create a solid path across the straight . At the battle of Salamis , the naval troops of Xerxes lost heavily...