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Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

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Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
321. Ὄνος ἄγριος. (S. 179. C.111 et p.320. F. 136.

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

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A wild ass, seeing a tame ass in a sunny spot, went up to him and congratulated him on his fine condition and the good food he enjoyed. Later, however, he saw him carrying a load, with the driver following behind and beating him with a cudgel. “Well,” he said, “I no longer count you fortunate, for I see that your happiness comes at the cost of great suffering.” So gains that come with danger and hardship are not to be envied.

Izvirnik

321. Ὄνος ἄγριος. (S. 179. C.111 et p.320. F. 136.

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Ὄνος ἄγριος, ὄνον ἥμερον ἰδὼν ἔν τινι εὐηλίῳ τόπῳ, προσελθὼν ἐμακάριζεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῇ εὐεξίᾳ τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῇ τῆς τροφῆς ἀπολαύσει. Ὕστερον δὲ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν ἀχθοφοροῦντα καὶ τὸν ὀνηλάτην ὄπισθεν ἑπόμενον καὶ ῥοπάλοις αὐτὸν παίοντα, ἔφη· ,,ἀλλʼ ἔγωγε οὐκέτι σε εὐδαιμονίζω· ὁρῶ γὰρ, ὅτι οὐκ ἄνευ κακῶν μεγάλων τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν ἔχεις.“

Οὕτω οὐκ ἔστι ζηλωτὰ τὰ μετὰ κινδύνων καὶ ταλαιπωριῶν προσγινόμενα κέρδη.