George Leo Haydock, on Esth 1:9

“Also Vasthi the queen made a feast for the women in the palace, where king Assuerus was used to dwell.”

“Vasthi. Septuagint Astin. (Haydock) — Serarius suspects she was the king’s sister, or daughter, as such marriages were common in Persia. (Tirinus) — The name is not very different from that of Atossa, the daughter of Cyrus, who was married to Cambyses, Smerdis, and Darius; to the latter of whom she bore four children. (Herodotus iii. 68., and vii. 3. — This prince had other wives, particularly Artistona, (Calmet; our Hadossa, (Haydock) or Esther) whom he espoused a virgin, and love the most. Herodotus seems to confound her with Atossa. — Dwell. Some Greek copies have “in her own palaces.” (Usher) — It was proper for women to be more retired. (Menochius) — The men feasted in the open air. (Haydock)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.