O besedilu
Mati in hčeri
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 166b. Ἄλλως Μήτηρ καὶ Θυγατέρες. (C. 265. p. 176.)
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
Mati in hčeri
A woman who had two daughters gave them in marriage, one to a gardener and the other to a potter. One day she went to visit the gardener’s wife and, among other things, asked how she was faring. “Everything else is going well, Mother,” she said, “but pray for plentiful rain, so that our vegetables may grow as they should.” Leaving her, the mother went to visit the potter’s wife. She asked her the same question and received this reply: “Everything else is going well with us, Mother, but pray for clear skies and hotter, brighter sunshine, so that our pots may dry more quickly.” At this the mother said, “May the gods grant you clear skies, and your sister, the gardener’s wife, abundant rain.” The fable shows that those who have nothing of their own to give readily promise those who ask what belongs to others.
Izvirnik
166b. Ἄλλως Μήτηρ καὶ Θυγατέρες. (C. 265. p. 176.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Γυνή τις, θυγατέρων οὖσα δυοῖν μήτηρ, ἀνδράσι συνῆψε ταύτας, τὴν μὲν κηπωρῷ, θατέραν δὲ κεραμεῖ. Ἐλθοῦσα τοίνυν ποτὲ πρὸς τὴν τῷ κηπωρῷ γεγαμημένην, τά τε ἄλλα ὡμίλει, καὶ πῶς ἔχοι διηρώτα. Ἡ δὲ „τὰ μὲν ἄλλα, μῆτερ, “ἔφη „καλῶς· εὔχου δὲ ὄμβρων φορὰν, ὡς τοῖς λαχάνοις αὔξησις ἡ κατὰ νόμους προσγένοιτο.“ Ἐκεῖθεν δʼ ἐξελθοῦσα, καὶ πρὸς τὴν συνοικοῦσαν τῷ κεραμεῖ ἀφικνεῖται. Τοῖς δʼ αὐτοῖς χρησαμένη καὶ πρὸς ἐκείνην, ἤκουσεν ὡς „τὰ μὲν ἄλλα καλῶς ἡμῖν, ὦ μῆτερ, ἔχει· εὔχου δʼ αἰθρίαν ἡμῖν καὶ ἡλίους γίνεσθαι θερμοτέρους τε καὶ καθαρωτέρους, ὡς ἂν θᾶττον οἱ κέραμοι ψύχοιντο.“ Καὶ ἡ μήτηρ πρὸς ταῦτα ἔφη· „σοὶ μὲν αἰθρίαν, τῇ δὲ τῷ κηπωρῷ συνοικούσῃ παμπόλλους ὑετοὺς δοῖεν οἱ θεοί.“
Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι οἵ μηδὲν ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἔχουσι χαρίζεσθαι, ῥᾳδίως τοῖς αἰτοῦσι τὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπαγγέλλονται.
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