Esther 1:7

vessels of gold Many such were captured by the Greeks in the Persian camp near Plataea.

the vessels being diverse one from another This seems to be noted as an unusual circumstance. In the representation of Sargon's banquet depicted upon the walls of his palace at Ḳhorsabad, the goblets held by the banqueters are uniform in shape (see Rawlinson, Ancient Monarchies, 2nd ed. i. 580).

bounty Heb. hand, i.e. as was to be expected in the case of so great a sovereign, in a right royal fashion.