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Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Človek in lisica

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
61. Ἄνθρωπος καὶ Ἀλώπηξ. (F. 265. C.163. B. 11.)

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

Človek in lisica

A man who bore a grudge against a fox for the damage it had done him caught it and, wishing to punish it severely, tied oil-soaked tow to its tail and set it alight. But a divine power guided the fox into its captor’s fields, and it was harvest time. The man followed, lamenting, without having reaped a thing.

One should be gentle and not give way to unbridled anger, for anger often brings great harm upon those with fiery tempers.

Izvirnik

61. Ἄνθρωπος καὶ Ἀλώπηξ. (F. 265. C.163. B. 11.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Ἀλώπεκά τις ἐχθρὰν ἔχων, ὡς βλάπτουσαν αὐτὸν κρατήσας, καὶ θέλων ἐπὶ πολὺ τιμωρήσασθαι, στυππεῖα ἐλαίῳ βεβρεγμένα τῇ οὐρᾷ προσδήσας ὑφῆψε. Ταύτην δὲ δαίμων εἰς τὰς ἀρούρας τοῦ λαβόντος ὡδήγει· ἦν δὲ καιρὸς ἀμητοῦ. δὲ ἠκολούθει θρηνῶν μηδὲν θερίσας.

Ὅτι πρᾷον εἶναι χρὴ, καὶ μὴ ἀμέτρως θυμοῦσθαι· ἐξ ὀργῆς γὰρ πολλάκις τυγχάνει βλάβην γίνεσθαι μεγάλην τοῖς δυσοργήτοις.