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Levova vladavina

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O besedilu

Levova vladavina

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
242. Λέοντος βασιλεία. (C. 363. B. 102.)

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

Levova vladavina

A lion once reigned who was neither ill-tempered nor cruel nor violent, but gentle and just, like a human being. During his reign, all the animals gathered to settle their grievances with one another: the wolf with the sheep, the leopard with the wild goat, the tiger with the deer, and the dog with the hare. Then the hare said, “I have longed to see this day, when the lowly would strike fear into the violent.”

Izvirnik

242. Λέοντος βασιλεία. (C. 363. B. 102.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Λέων τις ἐβασίλευεν οὐχὶ θυμώδης οὐδὲ ὠμὸς οὐδὲ βίαιος, ἀλλὰ πρᾷος καὶ δίκαιος, ὥσπερ ἂνθρωπος. Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας συναθροισμὸς ἐγένετο πάντων τῶν ζώων, δοῦναι δίκας καὶ λαβεῖν πρὸς ἄλληλα, λύκος μὲν προβάτῳ, πάρδαλις δὲ αἰγάγρῳ, ἐλάφῳ δὲ τίγρις, κύων δὲ λαγωῷ. Ὁ πτὼξ δὲ ἔφη· „ηὐχόμην ἰδεῖν τὴν ἡμέραν ταύτην, ἵνα τοῖς βιαίοις φοβερὰ τὰ εὐτελῆ φανῶσιν.“