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Kavka in lisica

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Kavka in lisica

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
199. Κολοιὸς καὶ Ἀλώπηξ. (S. 125. C. 20l. F.284).

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 lisica

A hungry jackdaw perched in a fig tree. Finding the figs still unripe, he waited for them to ripen. A fox, seeing him linger there and learning the reason from him, said, “My good fellow, you are mistaken to put your trust in hope: it knows how to beguile, but not how to feed.” [This fable is well suited to a quarrelsome man.]

Izvirnik

199. Κολοιὸς καὶ Ἀλώπηξ. (S. 125. C. 20l. F.284).

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Κολοιὸς λιμώττων ἐπί τινος συκῆς ἐκάθισεν· εὑρὼν δὲ τοὺς ὀλύνθους μηδέπω πεπείρους, προσέμενεν ἕως σῦκα γένωνται. Ἀλώπηξ δὲ θεασαμένη αὐτὸν ἐγχρονίζοντα καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν παρʼ αὐτοῦ μαθοῦσα, ἔφη· „ἀλλὰ πεπλάνησαι, ὦ οὗτος, ἐλπίδι προσέχων, ἥτις βουκολεῖν μὲν οἶδε, τρέφειν δὲ οὐδαμῶς.“

[Πρὸς ἄνδρα φιλόνεικον ὁ λόγος εὔκαιρος.]