O besedilu
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- Vir
- Ezopove basni
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- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 36. Ἀλώπηξ καὶ Ἐχῖνος. (C. 314. F.384. ex Aristot. Phetor. II, c.20.)
O izvirniku
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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
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When Aesop was addressing the assembly in Samos, where a popular leader was on trial for his life, he told this story: “A fox crossing a river was swept into a ravine. Unable to climb out, she lay there suffering for a long time, with many ticks clinging to her. A hedgehog wandering by saw her, took pity on her, and asked whether he should remove the ticks. But she would not let him. When he asked why, she said, ‘Because these are already full of my blood and draw very little more. If you remove them, others will come hungry and drink up what blood I have left.’” Then Aesop said, “And so with you, men of Samos: this man will do you no further harm, for he is rich. But if you put him to death, others will come who are poor, and they will drain your public treasury by stealing from it.”
Izvirnik
36. Ἀλώπηξ καὶ Ἐχῖνος. (C. 314. F.384. ex Aristot. Phetor. II, c.20.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Αἴσωπος ἐν Σάμῳ δημηγορῶν, κρινομένου δημαγωγοῦ περὶ θανάτου, ἔφη· Ἀλώπεκα διαβαίνουσαν ποταμὸν ἀπωσθῆναι εἰς φάραγγα· οὐ δυναμένην δʼ ἐκβῆναι πολὺν χρόνον κακοπαθεῖν, καὶ κυνοραϊστὰς πολλοὺς ἔχεσθαι αὐτῆς· ἐχῖνον δὲ πλανώμενον, ὡς εἶδεν αὐτὴν, κατοικτείραντα εἰπεῖν, εἰ ἀφέλοι αὐτῆς τοὺς κυνοραῖστάς· τὴν δὲ οὐκ ἐᾶν. Ἐρομένου δὲ, διὰ τί, ,,ὅτι οὗτοι μὲν“ φάναι ,,ἤδη μου πλήρεις εἰσὶ καὶ ὀλίγον ἕλκουσιν αἷμα, ἐὰν δὲ τούτους ἀφέλῃ, ἕτεροι ἐλθόντες πεινῶντες ἐκπιοῦνταί μου τὸ λοιπὸν οἷμα.“ — „Ἀτὰρ καὶ ὑμᾶς,“ ἔφη ,,ὦ ἄνδρες Σάμιοι, οὗτος μὲν οὐδὲν ἔτι βλάψει· πλούσιος γάρ ἐστιν· ἐὰν δὲ ἀποκτεί- νητε, ἕτεροι ἥξουσι πένητες, οἳ ὑμῖν ἀναλώσουσι τὰ κοινὰ κλέπτοντες.“
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