The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World; Or, the History, Geography, And Antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, And Persia Vol. 4

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Hence the indignant refusal of Vashti to obey the command of King Ahasuerus to show herself to his Court. 3 Hence, too, the law which made it a capital offence to address or touch one of the royal concubines, or even to pass their litters upon the road. 4 The litters of women were always curtained ; and when the Queen Statira rode in hers with the curtains drawn, it was a novelty which attracted general attention, as a relaxation of the ordinary etiquette, though only females were allowed to co...me near her. 5 Married women might not even see their nearest male rela- tives, as their fathers and brothers : 6 the unmarried had, it is probable, a little more liberty.
As the employment of eunuchs at the Persian Court was mainly in the harem, and in offices con- nected therewith, it is no wonder that they shared, to some extent, in the law of taboo, which forbade the representation of women. Their proper place was in the female courts and apartments, or in close attend- ance upon the litters, when members of the seraglio 3 Esther, i.


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