[Avodah] did Achashverosh have multiple wives?

[mcohen at touchlogic.com]

i think the common understanding of the status of the ladies after being sent to the beit hanashim was that either they were either

 
a) called back to become 'the' queen, 
 
b) or they went home, 
 
c) or (according the gra) they stayed there forever in limbo bc once test-driven by Achashverosh they could never marry a commoner.
 
but not that they become pilagshim
 
my question was where are there sources in chazal on this question
 
its clear (as in my question) that common nonJ custom back then (and logic) w say that Achashverosh had other ladies available (both wives and pilagshim)
 
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From: "Arie Folger" <rav.arie at rabbifolger.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2025 12:52pm
To: "M Cohen" <mcohen at touchlogic.com>, "Avodah Torah Discussion Group" <avodah at aishdas.org>
Subject: Re: did Achashverosh have multiple wives?




RMCohen asked whether Achashverosh had multiple wives. Well, obviously. What was the beit hanashim sheni for? The harem for the many wives!
No girl who was test-driven by Achashverosh would ever go free. Either she became queen or concubine. At least that is how kings back then did such business. All the girls but the most favored ones were condemned to a luxurious or somewhat luxurious imprisonment. 
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