O besedilu
Orel, kavka in pastir
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 8. Ἀετὸς καὶ Κολοιὸς καὶ Ποιμήν. (S. 2. C. 203 et p. 370. F.3.)
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
Orel, kavka in pastir
An eagle swooped down from a lofty rock and snatched up a lamb. A jackdaw saw this and, stirred by envy, wished to imitate him. So he hurled himself down with a great whirring of wings and landed on a ram. But his claws became entangled in the fleece, and he flapped his wings, unable to rise, until the shepherd noticed what had happened, ran over, and caught him. After clipping his flight feathers, the shepherd took him home to his children when evening came. When they asked what kind of bird it was, he said, “As far as I know for certain, a jackdaw; but in his own estimation, an eagle.” So it is with those who strive to rival their betters: besides achieving nothing, they bring ridicule upon themselves on top of their misfortunes.
Izvirnik
8. Ἀετὸς καὶ Κολοιὸς καὶ Ποιμήν. (S. 2. C. 203 et p. 370. F.3.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Ἀετὸς καταπτὰς ἀπό τινος ὑψηλῆς πέτρας ἂργα ἥρπασε· κολοιὸς δὲ τοῦτο θεασάμενος διὰ ζῆλον τοῦτον μιμήσασθαι ἤθελε. Καὶ δὴ καθεὶς ἑαυτὸν μετὰ πολλοῦ τοῦ ῥοίζου ἐπὶ κριὸν ἠνέχθη· ἐμπαρέντων δʼ αὐτοῦ τῶν ὀνύχων τοῖς μαλλοῖς, ἐξαρθὴναι μὴ δυνάμενος ἐπτερύσσετο, ἕως ὁ ποιμὴν, τὸ γεγονὸς αἰσθόμενος, προσδραμὼν συνέλαβεν αὐτόν. Καὶ περικόψας αὐτοῦ τὰ ὀξύπτερα, ὡς ἑσπέρα κατέλαβε, τοῖς αὐτοῦ παισὶν ἐκόμισε. Τῶν δὲ πυνθανομένων, τί ἄν εἴη τὸ ὄρνεον, ἔφη· „ὡς μὲν ἐγὼ σαφῶς οἶδα, κολοιός, ὡς δὲ αὐτὸς βούλεται, ἀετός.“
Οὕτως ἡ πρὸς τοὺς ὑπερέχοντας ἅμιλλα πρὸς τῷ μηδὲν ἀνύειν καὶ ἐπὶ συμφοραῖς προσκτᾶται γέλωτα.
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