O besedilu
Govornik Demad
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 117. Δημάδης ὁ ῥήτωρ. (S. 63. C. 178 et p.363. F. 54.)
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
Govornik Demad
Demades the orator was once addressing the assembly in Athens. Finding that his audience was paying him little attention, he asked them to let him tell a fable of Aesop. When they urged him to do so, he began: “Demeter, a swallow, and an eel were traveling along the same road. When they came to a river, the swallow flew across and the eel dived into the water.” With that, he fell silent. “And what happened to Demeter?” they asked. He replied, “She is angry with you for neglecting the affairs of the city and clinging instead to Aesop’s fables.” So too, those who neglect what is necessary and choose pleasure instead are foolish.
Izvirnik
117. Δημάδης ὁ ῥήτωρ. (S. 63. C. 178 et p.363. F. 54.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Δημάδης ὁ ῥήτωρ δημηγορῶν ποτε ἐν Ἀθήναις, ἐκείνων οὐ πάνυ αὐτῷ προσεχόντων, ἐδεήθη αὐτῶν, ὅπως ἐπιτρέψωσιν αὐτῷ Αἰσώπειον μῦθον εἰπεῖν. Τῶν δὲ προτρεψαμένων, αὐτὸς ἀρξάμενος ἔλεγε· ,, Δήμητρα καὶ χελιδών καὶ ἔγχελυς τὴν αὐτὴν ἐβάδιξον ὁδόν· γενομένων δὲ αὐτῶν κατά τινα ποταμὸν, ἡ μὲν χελιδνων ἀνέπτη, ἡ δὲ ἔγχελυς κατέδυ·“ καὶ ταῦτα εἰπών ἐσιώπησεν. Ἐρομένων δʼ αὐτῶν ,,τί οὖν ἡ Δήμητρα ἔπαθεν ;“ ἔφη· ,,κεχόλωται ὑμῖν, οἵτινες τὰ τῆς πόλεως πράγματα ἐάσαντες Αἰσωπείων μύθων ἀντέχεσθε.“
Οὕτω καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀλόγιστοί εἰσιν, ὅσοι τῶν μὲν ἀναγκαίων ὀλιγωροῦσι, τὰ δὲ πρὸς ἡδονὴν μᾶλλον αἱροῦνται.
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