O besedilu
Kavka in golobi
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 201b. Ἄλλως. Κολοιὸς καὶ Περιστεραί. (C. 101. F. 253. S. 128 .)
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
Kavka in golobi
A jackdaw saw some doves being well fed in a dovecote, so he whitened his feathers and went to join them, hoping to share their fare. As long as he kept quiet, the doves took him for one of their own and welcomed him. But one day he forgot himself and let out a cry. Recognizing his true nature, they beat him and drove him away. Having lost his food there, he returned to the jackdaws. But they, too, failed to recognize him because of his color and would not let him live among them. Thus, in seeking to enjoy both ways of life, he gained neither.
The fable shows that we too should be content with what we have, remembering that greed not only brings us no benefit but often robs us of what we already possess.
Izvirnik
201b. Ἄλλως. Κολοιὸς καὶ Περιστεραί. (C. 101. F. 253. S. 128 .)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Κολοιὸς ἔν τινι περιστερεῶνι περιστερὰς ἰδὼν καλῶς τρεφομένας, λευκάνας ἑαυτὸν ἦλθεν, ὡς καὶ αὐτὸς τῆς αὐτῆς διαίτης μεταληψόμενος. Αἱ δὲ, μέχρι μὲν ἡσύχαζεν, οἰόμεναι περιστερὰν αὐτὸν εἶναι, προσίεντο· ἐπεὶ δέ ποτε ἐκλαθόμενος ἐφθέγξατο, τηνικαῦτα τὴν αὐτοῦ γνοῦσαι φύσιν, ἐξήλασαν παίουσαι. Καὶ ὃς ἀποτυχὼν τῆς ἐνταῦθα τροφῆς, ἐπανῆκε πρὸς τοὺς κολοιοὺς πάλιν. Κἀκεῖνοι διὰ τὸ χρῶμα αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐπιγνόντες, τῆς μεθʼ αὐτῶν διαίτης ἀπεῖρξαν, ὥστε δυοῖν ἐπιθυμήσαντα μηδετέρας τυχεῖν.
Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι δεῖ καὶ ἡμᾶς τοῖς ἑαυτῶν ἀρκεῖσθαι, λογιζομένους, ὅτι ἡ πλεονεξία πρὸς τῷ μηδὲν ὠφελεῖν ἀφαιρεῖται καὶ τὰ προσόντα πολλάκις.
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