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>>The Persian Kings had many wives, and even more concubines, kept in a
>>harem guarded by eunuchs. After Cyrus subdued Babylonia in 539 bc the
>>province had to supply already castrated boys each year to learn their
>>trade as eunuchs.
>>Probably none of the kings had more wives and concubines than Xerxes I,
>>who reigned from 486 to 465 BC and who appears as the amorous King
>>Ahasuerus (The Hebrew version of his name) in the Old Testament book of
>>Esther. It was said that his harem had as many women in it as there were
>>days in the year.
GEE, all i wanted was ONE wife
to cook, clean house, bathe me and satisfy me at bed time
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Rolex
"May Dragons Fly Ever in your Dreams"
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