O besedilu
Bahavi peterobojec
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 203b. Ἄλλως. Πέταθλος κομπαστής. (S. 33.)
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
Bahavi peterobojec
A pentathlete, constantly mocked by his fellow citizens for his lack of courage, once went abroad. When he returned some time later, he boasted of the many great feats he had performed in other cities, and claimed that in Rhodes he had made a leap no Olympic champion could match. He said he could produce as witnesses the men who had been there, if they ever came to town. But one of those present spoke up: “Well, my friend, if that is true, you have no need of witnesses. Here is Rhodes—make your leap here.”
The story shows that where a claim can readily be put to the test by deeds, all talk is needless.
Izvirnik
203b. Ἄλλως. Πέταθλος κομπαστής. (S. 33.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Ἀνὴρ πένταθλος ἐπʼ ἀνανδρίᾳ ἑκάστοτε ὑπὸ τῶν πολιτῶν ὀνειδιζόμενος, ἀποδημήσας ποτὲ καὶ μετὰ χρό- νον ἐπανελθὼν, ἀλαζονευόμενος ἔλεγεν, ὡς πολλὰ μὲν) καὶ ἐν ἄλλαις πόλεσιν ἀνδραγαθήσας ἐν τῇ Ῥόδῳ τοιοῦτον ἥλατο πήδημα, ὡς μηδένα τῶν Ὀλυμπιονικῶν ἐφικέσθαι· καὶ τούτου μάρτυρας ἔφη παρέξεσθαι τοὺς παρατετυχηκότας ἄνδρας, ἄν ἄρα ποτὲ ἐπιδημήσωσι. Τῶν δὲ παρόντων τις ὑποτυχὼν ἔφη πρὸς αὐτόν· ,,ἀλλʼ ὦ φίλε, εἰ τοῦτο ἀληθές ἐστιν, οὐδὲν δεῖ σοι μαρτύ- ρων· αὕτη γὰρ Ῥόδος καὶ πήδημα.
Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι, ὧν πρόχειρος ἡ διʼ ἔργων πεῖρα, περὶ τούτων πᾶς λόγος περιττός ἐστι.
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