O besedilu
Kramar in osliček
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 322b. Ἄλλως. Μικρέμπορος καὶ Ὀνάριον. (F. 122. C. p.388. B.111.)
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
Kramar in osliček
A petty merchant who owned a little donkey bought a large quantity of salt. He loaded the donkey heavily and drove it along the highway. The animal slipped and fell into the water, where the salt dissolved at once; it rose and went on its way with an easy step. After returning and taking on another load of salt, the donkey again fell into a river, and when the salt dissolved once more, it promptly got to its feet. Its master, vexed by this, saw through its tricks. He went to a perfume seller and bought a great quantity of sponges, which he piled onto the donkey’s back. As the donkey went along, it fell into the water again; but the sponges immediately soaked it up, and the donkey was driven onward carrying twice the weight.
The fable shows that the very means by which someone has prospered may often bring about their downfall.
Izvirnik
322b. Ἄλλως. Μικρέμπορος καὶ Ὀνάριον. (F. 122. C. p.388. B.111.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Μικρέμπορός τις ὀνάριον κατέχων, αὐτὸς ὠνεῖτο ἁλάτιον εἰς πλῆθος. Καὶ δὴ φορτώσας σφοδρῶς αὐτοῦ τὸν ὄνον, ὑποζύγιον ἤλαυνε λεωφόρῳ· ὃς ὀλισθήσας εἰς ὕδωρ ἐπεπτώκει· καὶ δὴ λυθέντων τῶν ἁλῶν παραυτίκα, εὐθὺς ἠγέρθη ἀκόπως βηματίζων. Ὁ δʼ ὑποστρέψας καὶ πάλιν λαβὼν ἅλας, κατεπεπτώκει εἰς ποτάμια ῥεῖθρα· καὶ ἐκλυθέντων πάλιν τῶν ἁλατίων, ἐξανέστησεν ἑαυτὸν παραυτίκα. Ὁ δὲ λυπηθεὶς, ὁ κύριος τοῦ ὄνου, ἐπενόησεν αὐτοῦ τὰς ἐπινοίας. Ὅστις ἐπελθὼν [εἰς] ἕνα τῶν μυρεψούντων, ἐξωνήσατο σπόγγους πολλοὺς εἰς κόρον, οὕσπερ ἐπιθεὶς πεφόρτωκε τὸν ὄνον. Ὁ δὲ ἀπιὼν κατέπεσεν εἰς ὕδωρ, καὶ παραυτίκα κλυσθέντων τῶν σπόγγων, ἤγετο ὁ ὄνος διπλοῦν βάρος βαστάζων.
Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι πολλάκις, ἐν ᾦ τις εὐτύχησεν, ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ πίπτει.
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