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Čebele in Zevs

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Čebele in Zevs

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
287. Μέλισσαι καὶ Ζεύς. (S. 161. C.240.)

O izvirniku

Ezopove basni

Kratke basni, kjer živali v nekaj potezah razkrijejo človeške slabosti. Bralni jezik je English, izvirnik pa prihaja iz vira Ezopove basni v jeziku Ancient Greek.

Besedilo

Čebele in Zevs

The bees, begrudging humans a share of their honey, went to Zeus and begged him to give them the power to kill with their stings anyone who approached their honeycombs. Zeus, angered by their spite, made it so that whenever they stung anyone, they would lose their sting and, with it, their lives. This fable applies to spiteful people who are willing to suffer harm themselves to hurt others.

Izvirnik

287. Μέλισσαι καὶ Ζεύς. (S. 161. C.240.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Μέλισσαι φθονήσασαι ἀνθρώποις τοῦ ἰδίου μέλιτος ἧκον πρὸς τὸν Δία, καὶ ἐδέοντο, ὅπως ἰσχὺν παράσχηται αὐταῖς, τοῖς κέντροις τοὺς προσιόντας τοῖς κηρίοις ἀναιρεῖν. Καὶ ὁ Ζεὺς ἀγανακτήσας κατʼ αὐτῶν διὰ τὴν βασκανίαν παρεσκεύασεν αὐτὰς, ἡνίκα ἄν τινα τύπτωσι, τὸ κέντρον ἀποβάλλειν, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο καὶ σωτηρίας στερίσκεσθαι.“

Ὁ λόγος ἂν ἁρμόσειε πρὸς ἄνδρας βασκάνους, οἳ καὶ αὐτοὶ βλάπτεσθαι ὑπομένουσι.