O besedilu
Lev in zajec
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 254. Λέων καὶ Λαγωός (S. 146. C. 224. F. 97.)
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
Lev in zajec
A lion came upon a sleeping hare and was about to devour it when he caught sight of a deer passing by. Leaving the hare, he gave chase to the deer. The hare, roused by the noise, sprang up and fled. After pursuing the deer for a long time without being able to catch it, the lion returned to the hare. Finding that it too had escaped, he said, “I have only got what I deserved: I let go of the meal within my grasp in the hope of a greater one.” So it is with some people: not content with modest gains, they unwittingly lose even what they already have.
Izvirnik
254. Λέων καὶ Λαγωός (S. 146. C. 224. F. 97.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Λέων ἐπιτυχὼν λαγωῷ κοιμωμένῳ τοῦτον ἔμελλε καταφαγεῖν· μεταξὺ δὲ θεασάμενος ἔλαφον παριοῦσαν, ἀφεὶς τὸν λαγωὸν ἐκείνην ἐδίωκεν. Ὁ μὲν οὖν ἀπὸ τῶν ψόφων ἐξαναστὰς ἔφυγεν· ὁ δὲ λέων, ἐπὶ πολὺ διώξας τὴν ἔλαφον, ἐπειδὴ καταλαβεῖν οὐκ ἠδυνήθη, ἐπανῆλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν λαγωόν· εὑρὼν δὲ καὶ αὐτὸν πεφευγότα ἔφη· „ἀλλʼ ἔγωγε δίκαια πέπονθα, ὅτι ἀφεὶς τὴν ἐν χερσὶ βορὰν, ἐλπίδα μείζονα προὔκρινα.“
Οὕτως ἔνιοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων μὴ μετρίοις κέρδεσιν ἐπαρκούμενοι λανθάνουσι καὶ τὰ ἐν χερσὶ προϊέμενοι.
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