O besedilu
Maček in petelin
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
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- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 14. Αἴλουρος καὶ Ἀλεκτρυών. (C.6. F. 15 S.16 B.17.)
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
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A cat caught a rooster and wanted a plausible excuse for eating him. So he accused the rooster of being a nuisance to people, crowing at night and keeping them from sleeping. The rooster defended himself, saying that he did this for their benefit, so that they would rise to go about their daily work. The cat then brought another charge against him: he offended against nature by mating with his mother and sisters. When the rooster replied that he did this too for his owners’ benefit, since it provided them with plenty of eggs, the cat said, “Well, you may have plenty of fine excuses, but I have no intention of going hungry,” and devoured him.
The fable shows that a wicked nature bent on wrongdoing, if it cannot find a plausible pretext, will do evil openly all the same.
Izvirnik
14. Αἴλουρος καὶ Ἀλεκτρυών. (C.6. F. 15 S.16 B.17.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Αἴλουρος συλλαβὼν ἀλεκτρυόνα, μετʼ εὐλόγου τοῦτον αἰτίας ἠβουλήθη καταφαγεῖν. Καὶ δὴ κατηγόρει αὐτοῦ, ὡς ὀχληρὸς εἴη τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, νύκτωρ κεκραγὼς καὶ μὴ συγχωρῶν ὕπνου τυγχάνειν. Τοῦ δʼ ἀπολογουμένου, ἐπὶ τῇ ἐκείνων ὠφελείᾳ τοῦτο ποιεῖν, ὡς ἐπὶ τὰ συνήθη τῶν ἔργων ἐγείρεσθαι, πάλιν ὁ αἴλουρος αἰτίαν ἐπέφερεν, ὡς ἀσεβὴς εἴη περὶ τὴν φύσιν, μητρὶ καὶ ἀδελφαῖς συμμιγνύμενος. Τοῦ δὲ καὶ τοῦτο πρὸς ὠφέλειαν τῶν δεσποτῶν πράττειν φήσαντος, πολλῶν αὐτοῖς ἐντεῦθεν ὠῶν τικτομένων, ὁ αἴλουρος εἰπών· „ἀλλ’ εἰ σύ γε πολλῶν εὐπορεῖς εὐπροσώπων ἀπολογιῶν, ἔγωγε μέντοι ἄτροφος οὐ μενῶ, "τοῦτον κατεθοινήσατο.
Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι ἡ πονηρὰ φύσις πλημμελεῖν αἱρουμένη, εἰ μὴ μετʼ εὐλόγου δυνηθείη προσχήματος, ἀπαρακαλύπτως γε μὴν πονηρεύεται.
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