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Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Kača, podlasica in miši

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
345. Ὄφις, Γαλῆ καὶ Μύες. (C. 261. F. 314. S. 265.)

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

Kača, podlasica in miši

A snake and a weasel were fighting in a house. The mice who lived there, forever being devoured by both, saw them fighting and ventured out. But when the snake and the weasel caught sight of the mice, they abandoned their fight with one another and turned on them.

So too, those who thrust themselves into quarrels between demagogues unwittingly become victims of both sides.

Izvirnik

345. Ὄφις, Γαλῆ καὶ Μύες. (C. 261. F. 314. S. 265.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Ὄφις καὶ γαλῆ ἔν τινι οἰκίᾳ ἐμάχοντο· οἱ δὲ ἐνταῦθα μύες ἀεὶ καταναλισκόμενοι ὑπʼ ἀμφοτέρων, ὡς ἐθεάσαντο αὐτοὺς μαχομένους, ἐξῆλθον βαδίζοντες. Ἰδόντες δὲ τοὺς μύας, τότε ἀφέντες τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους μάχην, ἐπʼ ἐκείνους ἐτράπησαν.

Οὕτω καὶ οἱ ἐν ταῖς τῶν δημαγωγῶν στάσεσιν αὑτοὺς παρεισβάλλοντες λανθάνουσιν αὐτοὶ ἑκατέρων παρανάλωμα γινόμενοι.