O besedilu
Konj, vol, pes in človek
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
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- 1 min branja
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- Naslov izvirnika
- 173. Ἵππος, Βοῦς, Κύων καὶ Ἄνθρωπος. (C. 194. F. 278. B.74.)
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
Konj, vol, pes in človek
A horse, an ox, and a dog, suffering from the cold, came to a man’s house. He welcomed them, lit a fire, and warmed them. He set barley before the horse and straw before the ox, and gave the dog food from his table. In return for such hospitality, they each gave him a share of the years of their lives. The horse gave him the earliest years; that is why everyone is hot-blooded and high-spirited in youth. The ox then gave him the middle years; that is why a man in middle age toils hard and works willingly, gathering wealth. Third, the dog gave him the final years; that is why everyone grows peevish in old age, loving, fawning on, and rejoicing in those alone who provide him with food, while barking and snapping at those who give him nothing.
Thus some people, base and wicked by nature, are accustomed to love only those who feed them.
Izvirnik
173. Ἵππος, Βοῦς, Κύων καὶ Ἄνθρωπος. (C. 194. F. 278. B.74.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Ἵππος καὶ βοῦς καὶ κύων, ὑπὸ ψύχους στενούμενοι, ἦλθον εἰς ἀνθρώπου τινὸς οἰκίαν. Ὁ δὲ δεξάμενος αὐτοὺς καὶ πῦρ ἀνάψας ἔθαλψε. Καὶ τῷ μὲν ἵππῳ κριθὰς παρετίθει, τῷ δὲ ταύρῳ ἄχυρα, τῷ δὲ κυνὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης ἐδίδου. Διὰ δὲ τὴν τοιαύτην φιλοξενίαν ἀντημείψαντο αὐτῷ χάριτας, μερίσαντες καὶ χαρισάμενοι αὐτῷ τῶν ἐτῶν ἀφʼ ὧν ἔζων. Καὶ ὁ μὲν ἵππος εὐθύς τοὺς πρώτους χρόνους· διὰ τοῦτο ἕκαστος θερμὸς καὶ γαῦρός ἐστι τῇ γνώμῃ. Ὁ δὲ βοῦς μετʼ αὐτὸν τοὺς μέσους χρόνους· διὰ τοῦτο μοχθηρὸς καὶ φιλεργός ἐστι πλοῦτον ἀθροίζων. Τρίτον δὲ ὁ κύων τοὺς τελευταίους χρόνους· διὰ τοῦτο πᾶς γηράσκων δύσκολός ἐστι τῇ γνώμῃ, καὶ τὸν διδόντα μόνον τροφὴν ἀγαπᾷ καὶ σαίνει καὶ ἐπιχαίρει, τοῖς δὲ μὴ διδοῦσι καθυλακτεῖ καὶ καθάπτεται.
Ὅτι τινὲς τῶν ἀνθρώπων, φαῦλοι ὄντες καὶ κακοὶ, μόνους εἰώθασι φιλεῖν τοὺς διατρέφοντας αὐτούς.
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