Talmai — Addition E 6: One sees this not from old histories but from recent impious deeds. Licence: English and apparatus CC BY 4.0 (Talmai, Wroot Press); Greek from Swete, CC BY-SA. https://talmai.wrootpress.com/rights/ Canonical: https://talmai.wrootpress.com/unit/esth-plus-08.12-06/ Source edition: H. B. Swete, The Old Testament in Greek, 19.8.1a-24a GREEK: σκοπεῖν δὲ ἔξεστιν, οὐ τοσοῦτον ἐκ τῶν παλαιοτέρων ὡς παρεδώκαμεν ἱστοριῶν, ὅσα ἐστὶν παρὰ πόδας ὑμᾶς ἐκζητοῦντας ἀνοσίως συντετελεσμένα τῇ τῶν ἀνάξια δυναστευόντων λοιμότητι, ENGLISH (draft-awaiting-approval): One may observe this not so much from the older histories we have handed down, as from what is close at hand, if you inquire into the impious deeds accomplished by the pestilence of those who wield power unworthily, PARALLELS: - [Verbatim] Tosefet le-Esther, צו המלך השני (Tosefet le-Esther (he.wikisource editorial page: Additions to Esther in Hebrew)) — conduit: medieval retranslation. 'דבר מפורסם בספורים ראשונים ישנים ונראה בכל יום' renders Addition E's rhetorical appeal to old histories versus what is close at hand, not in MT.