O besedilu
Opica in delfin
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- Ezopove basni
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- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
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- Naslov izvirnika
- 363. Πίθηκος καὶ Δελφίς. (C. 88. F.242. S.74.)
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
Opica in delfin
It was customary for voyagers to take little Maltese dogs and monkeys with them to while away the voyage, and one man set sail with a monkey for company. When they were off Sunium, the headland of Attica, a violent storm arose. The ship capsized, and as everyone swam for safety, the monkey too was swimming. A dolphin saw him and, supposing him to be a man, swam beneath him and bore him up, carrying him toward the shore. When they came abreast of Piraeus, the port of Athens, the dolphin asked the monkey whether he was an Athenian by birth. The monkey said he was, adding that his parents were distinguished people there. The dolphin then asked whether he knew Piraeus as well. Supposing that he meant a person, the monkey replied, “Indeed I do! He is a very dear friend and close acquaintance of mine.” Outraged at so great a lie, the dolphin plunged him underwater and drowned him.
The fable applies to those who, knowing nothing of the truth, imagine they can deceive others.
Izvirnik
363. Πίθηκος καὶ Δελφίς. (C. 88. F.242. S.74.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Ἔθους ὄντος τοῖς πλέουσι μελιταῖα κυνίδια καὶ πιθήκους ἐπάγεσθαι πρὸς παραμυθίαν τοῦ πλοῦ, πλέων τις εἶχε σὺν ἑαυτῷ καὶ πίθηκον. Γενομένων δʼ αὐτῶν κατὰ τὸ Σούνιον, τὸ τῆς Ἀττικῆς ἀκρωτήριον, χειμιῶνα σφοδρὸν συνέβη γενέσθαι. Τῆς δὲ νεὼς περιτραπείσης καὶ πάντων διακολυμβώντων, ἐνήχετο καὶ ὁ πίθηκος. Δελφὶς δέ τις αὐτὸν θεασάμενος καὶ ἅνθρωπον εἶναι ὑπολαβὼν, ὑπελθὼν ἀνεῖχε διακομίζων ἐπὶ τὴν χέρσον. Ὡς δὲ κατὰ τὸν Πειραιᾶ ἐγένετο, τὸ τῶν Αθηναίων ἐπίνειον, ἐπυνθάνετο τοῦ πιθήκου, εἰ τὸ γένος ἐστὶν Αθηναῖος. Τοῦ δὲ εἰπόντος, καὶ λαμπρῶν ἐνταῦθα τετυχηκέναι γονέων, ἐπανήρετο, εἰ καὶ τὸν Πειραιᾶ ἐπίσταται. Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ ὁ πίθηκος περὶ ἀνθρώπου αὐτὸν λέγειν, ἔφη, καὶ μάλα φίλον εἶναι αὐτῷ καὶ συνήθη. Καὶ ὁ δελφὶς ἐπὶ τοσούτῳ ψεύδει ἀγανακτήσας, βαπτίζων αὐτὸν ἀπέκτεινεν.
Ὁ μῦθος πρὸς ἄνδρας, οἳ τὴν ἀλήθειαν οὐκ εἰδότες ἀπατᾶν νομίζουσιν.
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