 Haman in rabbinic literature

Allusions in rabbinic literature to the Biblical character of Haman, the anti-Jewish villain of the Book of Esther, contain various expansions, elaborations and inferences beyond what is presented in the text of the Bible itself.Haman is identified by the Talmudists with Memucan, the last of the seven princes "which saw the king's face" (Esth.