O besedilu
Lisica in kozel
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 2 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 45. Ἀλώπηξ καὶ Τράγος. (S.9. C. 4 et p. 281. F. 4.)
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
Lisica in kozel
A fox fell into a well and was forced to stay there, unable to find a way out. A goat, tormented by thirst, came to the same well and, seeing her, asked whether the water was good. The fox, welcoming this stroke of luck in her misfortune, praised the water lavishly, saying how excellent it was and urging him to come down. Without a thought beyond his thirst, the goat climbed in. Once he had quenched his thirst, he began discussing with the fox how they might get out. The fox said she had thought of a plan that would save them both. “If you will brace your forelegs against the wall and lower your horns, I can run up your back and then pull you out as well.” The goat readily followed this second piece of advice too. The fox leaped up his legs onto his back, then climbed from his back onto his horns, reached the mouth of the well, and made off. When the goat reproached her for breaking their agreement, she turned and said, “My good fellow, if you had as much sense in your head as you have hairs in your beard, you would never have gone down before considering how to get back up.” So too, sensible people should first consider how an undertaking will end, and only then embark upon it.
Izvirnik
45. Ἀλώπηξ καὶ Τράγος. (S.9. C. 4 et p. 281. F. 4.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Ἀλώπηξ πεσοῦσα εἰς φρέαρ, ἐπάναγκες ἔμενε, πρὸς ιὴν ἀνάβασιν ἀμηχανοῦσα· τράγος δὲ δίψῃ συνεχόμενος ὡς ἐγένετο κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ φρέαρ, θεασάμενος αὐτὴν, ἐπυνθάνετο, εἰ καλὸν εἴη τὸ ὕδωρ· ἡ δὲ, τὴν δυστυχίαν ἀσμενισαμένη, πολὺν ἔπαινον τοῦ ὕδατος κατέτεινε, λέγουσα, ὡς χρηστὸν εἴη, καὶ καταβῆναι αὐτῷ παρῄνει. Ὁ δὲ ἀμελετήτως κατῆλθε διὰ μόνην ἐπιθυμίαν, καὶ ἅμα τῷ τὴν δίψαν σβέσαι, μετὰ τῆς ἀλώπεκος ἐσκόπει τὴν ἄνοδον· καὶ ἡ ἀλώπηξ χρήσιμον. τι ἔφη ἐπινενοηκέναι εἰς τὴν ἀμφοτέρων σωτηρίαν· „ εἰ γὰρ θελήσεις τοὺς ἐμπροσθίους πόδας τῷ τοίχῷ προσερεῖσαι, ἐγκλίνας τὰ κέρατα, ἀναδραμοῦσα αὐτὴ διὰ τοῦ σοῦ νώτου καὶ σὲ ἀναβιβάσω.“ Τοῦ δὲ καὶ πρὸς τὴν δευτέραν παραίνεσιν ἑτοίμως ὑπηρετήσαντος, ἡ ἀλώπηξ ἁλομένη διὰ τῶν σκελῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν νῶτον ἀνέβη, καὶ ἀπʼ ἐκείνου ἐπὶ τὰ κέρατα διερεισαμένη, ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ φρέατος ἀνελθοῦσα ἀπηλλάττετο. Τοῦ δὲ τράγου μεμφομένου αὐτὴν, ὡς τὰς ὁμολογίας παραβαίνουσαν, ἐπιστραφεῖσα εἶπεν· ,,ὦ οὗτος, ἀλλʼ εἰ τοσαύτας φρένας εἶχες, ὅσας ἐν τῷ πώγωνι τρίχας, οὐ πρότερον δὴ κατεβεβήκεις, πρὶν ἢ τὴν ἄνοδον ἐσκέψω.“
Οὕτω καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοὺς φρονίμους δεῖ πρότερον τὰ τέλη τῶν πραγμάτων σκοπεῖν, εἶθʼ οὕτως αὐτοῖς ἐπιχειρεῖν.
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