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Vashti (Hebrew: וַשְׁתִּי , romanized: Vaštī; Koinē Greek: Ἀστίν, romanized: Astín; Modern Persian: واشتی, romanized: Vâšti) was a queen of Persia and the first wife of Persian king Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther, a book included within the Tanakh and the Old Testament which is read on the Jewish holiday of Purim.
Vashti was a noble queen and a vicious antisemite; a traditional Persian princess and a proto-feminist agitator. Perhaps she was equally at home in sweeping ball gowns and low-rise comfy pants , and perhaps she was so in touch with her inner beauty that she would have walked the runway wearing nothing at all.
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Queen Vashti: Mystery Woman of the Megillah. Here’s what we know about Vashti from the first chapter of the book of Esther: She was the queen before Esther replaced her, she held a party for other women in the palace, she refused to go to King Achashverosh’s party, and she is banished in order to teach her and others a lesson. That’s it.
VASHTI (Heb. וַשְׁתִּי; perhaps "beauty" in Persian), queen of Persia and Media, wife of *Ahasuerus (Xerxes; 485–465 B.C.E.). When King Ahasuerus, in the third year of his reign, held a banquet "for all the people that were found in *Shushan" in the king's gardens, Queen Vashti also held a banquet in the palace.
Queen Vashti: A 3-Act Story. Vashti “on one foot”: Vashti was the first wife of King Achashveirosh \ Ahashuerus in Megillat Esther (“the Megillah”) which we read on Purim. Context: This is the 1879 painting "Vashti Refuses the King's Summons", by the English painter Edwin Long.
Jun 23, 2021 · The first wife of Ahasuerus (Xerxes I, reigned 485–465 B.C.E.), the king of Persia, Vashti is the featured character in the first episode of the Book of Esther, a Jewish novella composed in the late Persian/early Hellenistic period (fourth century B.C.E.).
VASHTI (Heb. וַשְׁתִּי; perhaps "beauty" in Persian), queen of Persia and Media, wife of *Ahasuerus (Xerxes; 485–465 b.c.e.). When King Ahasuerus, in the third year of his reign, held a banquet "for all the people that were found in *Shushan" in the king's gardens, Queen Vashti also held a banquet in the palace.
