Talmai — Addition E 10: His hidden aim: to shift the empire from the Persians to the Macedonians.
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Source edition: H. B. Swete, The Old Testament in Greek, 19.8.1a-24a

GREEK: διὰ γὰρ τῶν τρόπων τούτων ᾠήθη λαβὼν ἡμᾶς ἐρήμους τὴν τῶν Περσῶν ἐπικράτησιν εἰς τοὺς Μακεδόνας μετάξαι.
ENGLISH (draft-awaiting-approval): for by these means he thought, finding us undefended, to transfer the dominion of the Persians to the Macedonians.

PARALLELS:
- [Verbatim] Tosefet le-Esther, צו המלך השני (Tosefet le-Esther (he.wikisource editorial page: Additions to Esther in Hebrew)) — conduit: medieval retranslation. 'ומלכות הפרסיים תסוב לאנשי מקדון' renders Addition E's distinctive charge that Haman aimed to transfer the empire to the Macedonians, absent from MT.
- [Flagged] Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1058:3 (Yalkut Shimoni on Esther (Remez 1046-1061)) — conduit: lost intermediary. Haman's request for the crown is read as a direct bid for the kingship itself, matching the plus's charge that he aimed to transfer the dominion; not MT material.
- [Motif] Targum Sheni on Esther 8:13:1 (Targum Sheni on Esther) — conduit: Aramaic. The edict's charge that Haman sought to kill the king and seize the kingship for himself is the same non-MT usurpation motive as Addition E's plan to transfer the dominion to the Macedonians.
- [Flagged] Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 50:7 (Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 49-50) — conduit: oral. 'אדבר דברים שאהיה מלך כמוהו' -- Haman's concealed aim to become king himself matches the plus's charge that he sought to transfer the dominion to himself, a detail beyond MT's bare account of his fall.
- [Flagged] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II 6:10 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II) — conduit: lost intermediary. Esther argues for haste because Haman is a duke whose sons, governors throughout the world, will write letters and revolt against the king -- matching Addition E's charge that Haman's hidden aim was 'to transfer the dominion of the Persians to the Macedonians.'
- [Motif] Rashi on Megillah 15a:9:3 (Rashi on Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. 'Haman rose higher than Ahasuerus, saying what never entered the king's mind' is the specific usurpation charge behind Addition E's claim he aimed to transfer the empire to the Macedonians.
- [Motif] Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1058:7 (Yalkut Shimoni on Esther (Remez 1046-1061)) — conduit: lost intermediary. The same sentence makes Haman's sons commanders throughout the world poised to seize power at his word, matching the plus's hidden aim of transferring the dominion; not MT material.