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Lisica in lev

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Lisica in lev

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
39. Ἀλώπηξ καὶ Λέων. (F. 7. C. 5 c p.284. S. 10.)

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 lev

A fox who had never seen a lion happened to encounter one. At the first sight of him, she was so terrified that she nearly died of fright. When she met him a second time, she was still afraid, but not as much as before. The third time she saw him, she had grown so bold that she went up to him and spoke.

The fable shows that familiarity softens even the things we fear.

Izvirnik

39. Ἀλώπηξ καὶ Λέων. (F. 7. C. 5 c p.284. S. 10.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Ἀλώπηξ μηδέποτε θεασαμένη λέοντα, ἐπειδὴ κατά τινα τύχην ὑπήντησεν αὐτῷ, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἰδοῦσα αὐτὸν οὕτως ἐφοβήθη, ὡς μικροῦ καὶ ἀποθανεῖν. Ἐκ δευτέρου δὲ αὐτῷ περιτυχοῦσα, ἐφοβήθη μὲν, ἀλλʼ οὐχ ὡς τὸ πρότερον. Ἐκ τρίτου δὲ θεασαμένη αὐτὸν οὕτως κατεθάρσησεν, ὡς καὶ προσελθοῦσα αὐτῷ διαλεχθῆναι.

Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι καὶ τὰ φοβερὰ τῶν πραγμάτων ἡ συνήθεια καταπραΰνει.