3
in the thirdyear of his reign he gave a banquet for all his princes and attendants, the army officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of his provinces being in his presence.
5
When thesedays were completed, the kinggave a banquet lasting sevendays for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the court of the garden of the king'spalace.
6
There were hangings of finewhite and violetlinenheld by cords of finepurplelinen on silverrings and marblecolumns, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaicpavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and preciousstones.