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Lisica in leopard

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Lisica in leopard

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
42. Ἀλώπης καὶ Πάρδαλις. (S. 12. C. 159 et p. 351. F. 13.)

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 leopard

A fox and a leopard were arguing over which was more beautiful. As the leopard kept boasting of the varied markings on her coat, the fox replied, “How much more beautiful I am than you, for my adornment is not in my body but in my mind!” The fable shows that beauty of mind is better than beauty of body.

Izvirnik

42. Ἀλώπης καὶ Πάρδαλις. (S. 12. C. 159 et p. 351. F. 13.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Ἀλώπηξ καὶ πάρδαλις περὶ κάλλους ἤριζον. Τῆς δὲ παρδάλεως παρʼ ἕκαστα τὴν τοῦ σώματος ποικιλίαν προβαλλομένης, ἡ ἀλώπηξ ὑποτυχοῦσα ἔφη· ,,καὶ πόσον ἐγώ σου καλλίων ὑπάρχω, ἥτις οὐ τὸ σῶμα, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν πεποίκιλμαι;“

Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι τοῦ σωματικοῦ κάλλους ἀμείνων ἐστὶν ὁ τῆς διανοίας κόσμος.