O besedilu
Opice plesalke
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 360. Πίθηκοι ὀρχησταί. (C. 355. F. 405. ex Luc. Piscat. 36.)
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
Opice plesalke
It is said that an Egyptian king once taught some monkeys to perform the Pyrrhic war dance. The creatures, who are exceptionally quick to mimic human actions, soon mastered it and danced in purple robes and masks. The spectacle enjoyed great success for quite some time, until a mischievous spectator, who had some nuts tucked inside his robe, tossed them into the midst of the dancers. At the sight, the monkeys forgot their dance and became what they truly were—monkeys rather than war dancers. They smashed their masks, tore their robes, and fought one another over the nuts. The ordered ranks of the dance dissolved, and the audience roared with laughter.
Izvirnik
360. Πίθηκοι ὀρχησταί. (C. 355. F. 405. ex Luc. Piscat. 36.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Λέγεται βασιλεύς τις Αἰγύπτιος πιθήκους ποτὲ πυῤῥιχίζειν διδάξαι· καὶ τὰ θηρία (μιμηλότατα δέ ἐστι τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων) ἐκμαθεῖν τάχιστα καὶ ὀρχεῖσθαι, ἁλουργίδας ἀμπεχόμενα καὶ προσωπεῖα περικείμενα· καὶ μέχρι γε πολλοῦ εὐδοκιμεῖν τὴν θέαν, ἄχρι δή τις θεατὴς ἀστεῖος, κάρυα ὑπὸ κόλπον ἔχων, ἀφῆκεν ἐς τὸ μέσον. Οἱ δὲ πίθηκοι ἰδόντες καὶ ἐκλαθόμενοι τῆς ὀρχήσεως, τοῦθʼ ὅπερ ἦσαν, πίθηκοι ἐγένοντο ἀντὶ πυῤῥιχιστῶν, καὶ ξυνέτριβον τὰ προσωπεῖα, καὶ τὴν ἐσθῆτα κατεῤῥήγνυον, καὶ ἐμάχοντο περὶ τῆς ὀπώρας πρὸς ἀλλήλους· τὸ δὲ σύνταγμα τῆς πυῤῥίχης διελέλυτο καὶ κατεγελᾶτο ὑπὸ τοῦ θεάτρου.
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