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Košuta in lev

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O besedilu

Košuta in lev

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
129. Ἔλαφος καὶ Λέων. (S. 77. C. 64 et p. 314. F. 64.)

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

Košuta in lev

A deer fleeing from hunters came to a cave where a lion lived and went inside to hide. Seized by the lion and about to be killed, she said, “Wretched creature that I am! In fleeing from men, I have delivered myself into the jaws of a wild beast.” So it is that some people, for fear of lesser dangers, plunge themselves into greater evils.

Izvirnik

129. Ἔλαφος καὶ Λέων. (S. 77. C. 64 et p. 314. F. 64.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Ἔλαφος κυνηγοὺς φεύγουσα ἐγένετο κατά τι σπήλαιον, ἐν ᾧ λέων ἦν, καὶ ἐνταῦθα εἰσῄει κρυβησομένη· συλληφθεῖσα δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ λέοντος καὶ ἀναιρουμένη εἶπε ,,δυσδαίμων ἐγὼ, ἥτις ἀνθρώπους φεύγουσα ἐμαυτὴν θηρίῳ ἐνεχείρισα.“

Οὕτως ἔνιοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων διὰ φόβον ἐλαττόνων κινδύνων ἑαυτοὺς εἰς μείζονα κακὰ εἰσιᾶσιν.