O besedilu
Mravlja in golobica
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 296b. Ἄλλως. (F. 118. C p.300.)
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
Mravlja in golobica
A thirsty ant went down to a spring to drink and began to drown. A dove perched in a nearby tree saw him, plucked a leaf from the tree, and dropped it into the spring. The ant climbed onto it and was saved. Then a birdcatcher came along, fitted his limed reeds together, and prepared to catch the dove. Seeing this, the ant bit the birdcatcher’s foot. In pain, the man dropped his reeds, allowing the dove to fly away.
The fable shows that if even creatures without reason can recognize kindness, how much more ought we to repay our benefactors? [Or: Even the small can render great services in return to those who have helped them.]
Izvirnik
296b. Ἄλλως. (F. 118. C p.300.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Μύρμηξ διψήσας, κατελθὼν εἰς πηγὴν καὶ βουλόμενος πιεῖν, ἀπεπνίγετο· περιστερὰ δὲ καθεζομένη ἐν τῷ παρεστηκότι δένδρῳ, ἐθεάσατο αὐτὸν, καὶ κόψασα φύλλον ἀπὸ τοῦ δένδρου ἔδῤῥιψεν εἰς τὴν πηγὴν, διʼ οὖ ἐπιβὰς ὁ μύρμηξ ἐσώθη. Ἰξευτὴς δέ τις παρασταθεὶς καὶ συνθεὶς τοὺς καλάμους, τὴν περιστερὰν συλλαβεῖν ἐβουλήθη. Ὁ δὲ μύρμηξ θεασάμενος, ἔδακε τὸν πόδα τοῦ ἰξευτοῦ. Ὁ δὲ ἀλγήσας, ῥίψας τοὺς καλάμους, ἐποίησε φυγεῖν τὴν περιστεράν.
Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι, εἰ καὶ τὰ ἄλογα ζῶα αἴσθησιν ἔχουσι τοῦ καλοῦ, πῶς οὐ δεῖ ἡμᾶς τοὺς εὐεργέτας ἀμείβεσθαι; [ἤ· Δύνανται καὶ τὰ μικρὰ τοῖς εὐεργέταις μεγάλας ἀμοιβὰς παρέχειν.]
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