... > Bible > Old Testament > the story of Esther > Esther becomes queen (Esther 1 - 2:20) > the feast of Ahasuerus (Xerxes, alternatively Artaxerxes); the downfall of Queen Vashti (Astin) > King Ahasuerus is furious with his wife Vashti and asks his courtiers' advice: Memucan (Muchaeus) suggest to depose the queen > Queen Vashti is deposed