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Krokar in kača

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Krokar in kača

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
207. Κόραξ καὶ Ὄφις. (S. 127. C. 100. F . 252.)

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

Krokar in kača

A raven, finding no food, spotted a snake sleeping in a sunny place, swooped down, and seized it. But the snake turned and bit him. As he lay dying, the raven said, “Wretched fool that I am! What a lucky find this was—to be the death of me!” This fable might be told of a man who found a treasure and thereby put his very life in danger.

Izvirnik

207. Κόραξ καὶ Ὄφις. (S. 127. C. 100. F . 252.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Κόραξ τροφῆς ἀπορῶν ὡς ἐθεάσατο ὄφιν ἔν τινι εὐηλίῳ τόπῳ κοιμώμενον, τοῦτον καταπτὰς ἥρπασε. Τοῦ δὲ ἐπιστραφέντος καὶ δακόντος αὐτὸν, ἀποθνήσκειν μέλλων ἔφη· „ἀλλʼ ἔγωγε δείλαιος, ὅτι τοιοῦτον ἕρμαιον εὗρον, ἐξ οὐ καὶ ἀπόλλυμαι.“

Οὗτος ὁ λόγος λεχθείη ἂν πρὸς ἄνδρα, ὅς διὰ θησαυροῦ εὕρεσιν καὶ περὶ σωτηρίας ἐκινδύνευσε.