the feast of Purim in, ix. 393
Persian calendar, the oldest, March the first month of the year in, ix. 402
—— ceremony, “Ride of the Beardless One,” ix. 402
—— charm to make the wind blow, i. 320
—— fire-worship and priests, v. 191
—— framework of the book of Esther, ix. 362, 401
—— kings, sacred fire carried before, ii. 264;
their custom at meals, iii. 119;
their heads cleaned once a year, iii. 253;
married the wives of their predecessors, ix. 368 n. 1