Waltey

Waltey

Osel v levji koži

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
Kupi e-knjigo Kupi tiskano izdajo

O besedilu

Osel v levji koži

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
336. Ὄνος λεοντῆν φέρων. (S. 184. C.113 et p. 321. F. 141.)

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

Osel v levji koži

An ass put on a lion’s skin and went about terrifying the other animals. Seeing a fox, he tried to frighten her too. But she had already heard his voice and said to him, “You may be sure that I too would have been afraid of you, had I not heard you bray.” So it is with some uneducated people: their outward show makes them seem important, but their own idle chatter exposes them.

Izvirnik

336. Ὄνος λεοντῆν φέρων. (S. 184. C.113 et p. 321. F. 141.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Ὄνος, ἐνδυσάμενος λέοντος δέρμα, περιῄει ἐκφοβῶν τὰ ἄλογα ζῶα. Καὶ δὴ θεασάμενος ἀλώπεκα ἐπειρᾶτο καὶ ταύτην δεδίττεσθαι. Ἡ δὲ, ἐτύγχανε γὰρ αὐτοῦ φθεγξαμένου προακηκουῖα, ἔφη πρὸς αὐτόν· ,,ἀλλʼ εὖ ἴσθι, ὡς καὶ ἐγὼ ἄν σε ἐφοβήθην, εἰ μὴ ὀγκωμένου ἤκουσα.“

Οὕτως ἔνιοι τῶν ἀπαιδεύτων, τοῖς ἔξωθεν τύφοις δοκοῦντές τινες εἶναι, ὑπὸ τῆς ἰδίας γλωσσαλγίας ἐλέγχονται.