O besedilu
Hermes in kipar
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 137. Ἑρμης καὶ Ἀγαλματοποιός. (S.89. C. 90. P. 243.)
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
Hermes in kipar
Hermes, wishing to know how highly people esteemed him, took on human form and went to a sculptor’s workshop. Seeing a statue of Zeus, he asked its price. “One drachma,” the sculptor replied. Hermes laughed and asked how much the statue of Hera cost. On hearing that it cost still more, he noticed a statue of himself and supposed that, since he was both the messenger of the gods and the bringer of profit, people must value him very highly. So Hermes asked the price of his own statue as well. “Why, if you buy those two,” said the sculptor, “I’ll throw this one in for nothing.” The fable suits a conceited man whom others hold in no esteem.
Izvirnik
137. Ἑρμης καὶ Ἀγαλματοποιός. (S.89. C. 90. P. 243.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Ἑρμῆς γνῶναι βουλόμενος, ἐν τίνι τιμῇ παρʼ ἀνθρώποις ἐστὶν, ἧκεν ἀφομοιωθεὶς ἀνθρώπῳ εἰς ἀγαλματοποιυῦ ἐργαστήριον· καὶ θεασάμενος Διὸς ἄγαλμα ἐπύθετο, πόσου· τοῦ δὲ εἰπόντος ,,δραχμῆς,“ γελάσας ἠρώτα τῆς Ἥρας πόσου ἐστίν· εἰπόντος δὲ ἔτι μείζονος, θεασάμενος καὶ ἑαυτοῦ ἄγαλμα ὑπέλαβεν, ὅτι αὐτὸν, ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἄγγελός ἐστι καὶ ἐπικερδὴς, περὶ πολλοῦ οί ἄνθρωποι ποιοῦνται. Διὸ προσεπυνθάνετο ὁ Ἑρμῆς, καὶ ὁ ἀγαλματογλύφος ἔφη· ,,ἀλλʼ ἐὰν τούτους ἀγοράσῃς, τοῦτόν σοι προσθήκην δώσω.“
Πρὸς ἄνδρα κενόδοξον, ἐν οὐδεμιᾷ μοίρᾳ παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις ὄντα, ὁ λόγος ἁρμόζει.
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