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Škržat in mravlja

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O besedilu

Škržat in mravlja

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
401. Τέττιξ καὶ Μύρμηκς. (C. 134 et p.334 sq. Δ. 195. 198. B. 137.)

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

Škržat in mravlja

One winter, the ants were drying their grain, which had grown damp, when a starving cicada came and begged them for food. The ants asked him, “Why didn’t you gather food in the summer?” He replied, “I had no time; I was busy singing.” The ants laughed and said, “Well, if you made music in the summer, you can dance in the winter.” The fable teaches that we should neglect none of our duties, lest we come to grief and find ourselves in danger.

Izvirnik

401. Τέττιξ καὶ Μύρμηκς. (C. 134 et p.334 sq. Δ. 195. 198. B. 137.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ, τῶν σίτων βραχέντων, οἴ μύρμηκες ἔψυχον, τέττιξ δὲ λιμώττων ᾔτει αὐτούς τροφήν. Οί δὲ μύρμηκες εἶπον αὐτῷ· ,,διὰ τί τὸ θέρος οὐ συνῆγες τροφήν;“· Ο δὲ εἶπεν· ,,οὐκ ἐσχόλαζον, ἀλλʼ δὸν μουσικῶς.“ Οί δὲ γελάσαντες εἶπον· ,,ἀλλʼ εἰ θέρους ὥραις ηὔλεις, χειμῶνος ὀρχοῦ.“

Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι οὐ δεῖ τινα ἀμελεῖν ἐν παντὶ πράγματι, ἵνα μὴ λυπηθῇ καὶ κινδυνεύσῃ.