Greek Esther 1:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁷ The cups were of gold and silver, and a miniature cup was displayed, made of ruby, worth thirty thousand talents. There was abundant sweet wine, such as the king himself drank. ⁸ The drinking was not according to a fixed rule; but the king wished to have it so, and he commanded his stewards to comply with his pleasure and with that of the guests.

⁹ Meanwhile, Queen Vashti^[a] gave a drinking-party for the women in the palace where King Artaxerxes was.