person
Ahasuerus
the king
also: Xerxes
The Persian king of the Book of Esther, before whose throne Esther comes unbidden, on pain of death, and is spared by the touch of his golden scepter (Esther 5).
Reading notes
- New Poems: The Other Part §16 the tip of his scepter
King Ahasuerus extends his golden scepter to the fainting Esther—the sign that her life is spared and her unbidden approach forgiven (Esther 5:2).