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Pes in volkulja

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Pes in volkulja

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
230. Κύων καὶ Λύκαινα. (C. 38l. F. 342.)

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

Pes in volkulja

A dog chasing a she-wolf boasted of his swift feet and his own strength, imagining that the wolf was fleeing because she was too weak to face him. But the wolf turned and said to the dog, “It is not you I fear, but your master’s pursuit.” This fable shows that one should not boast of the courage of others.

Izvirnik

230. Κύων καὶ Λύκαινα. (C. 38l. F. 342.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Κύων, καταδιώκων λύκαιναν, ἐφρυάττετο τῇ τε τῶν ποδῶν ταχυτῆτι καὶ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἰσχύϊ, καὶ ἐδόκει φεύγειν τὸν λύκον διʼ οἰκείαν δῆθεν ἀσθένειαν. Στραφεὶς οὖν ὁ λύκος ἔφησε πρὸς τὸν κύνα· „οὐ σὲ δέδοικα, ἀλλὰ τὴν τοῦ σοῦ δεσπότου καταδρομήν.“

Ὁ μῦθος οὗτος δηλοῖ, ὅτι οὐ δεῖ τινα ἐγκαυχᾶσθαι τῇ τῶν ἑτέρων γενναιότητι.