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Lokostrelec in lev

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O besedilu

Lokostrelec 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
403. Τbξότης καὶ Δέων. (C. 279 e p.397. . 323. B. 1.)

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

Lokostrelec in lev

A man skilled in archery went up a mountain to hunt. All the animals fled at the sight of him, but a lion alone challenged him to fight. The man shot an arrow, struck the lion, and said, “Take this and see what my messenger is like; then I myself will come at you.” Wounded, the lion turned to flee. A fox urged him to stand his ground and not run away, but the lion said, “You will not fool me, fox. If he sends so cruel a messenger, I could never withstand the man himself when he comes.” The fable shows that we should keep well away from those who can do us harm from a distance.

Izvirnik

403. Τbξότης καὶ Δέων. (C. 279 e p.397. . 323. B. 1.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Ἀνῆλθέ τις εἰς ὅρος τοξικῆς ἔμπειρος κυνηγῆσαι· πάντα δὲ τὰ ζῶα τοῦτον θεασάμενα ἔφυγε, λέων δὲ μόνος προεκαλεῖτο αὐτὸν εἰς μάχην. Ὁ δὲ βέλος πέμψας καὶ τὸν λέοντα βαλών ἔφη· ,,δέξαι, καὶ ἱδε τὸν ἐμὸν ἄγγελον, οἷός ἐστι, καὶ τότε κἀγὼ ἐπέρχομαί σοι. “ Ὁ δὲ λέων βληθεὶς ὥρμησε φεύγειν. Ἀλώπεκος δὲ τούτῳ θαῤῥεῖν καὶ μὴ φεύγειν λεγούσης, ὁ λέων ἔφη· ,,ὦ αὕτη, οὐδαμῶς με πλανήσεις· ὅπου γὰρ τοιοῦτον πικρὸν ἄγγελον ἔχει, ἐὰν αὐτὸς ἐπέλθῃ, οὐκ ἂν ὑποίσω.“

μῦθος δηλοῖ, μηδαμῶς πλησιάζειν τοὺς πόῥῥωθεν χαλεπὰ πράττοντας.