O besedilu
Popotnik in gad
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 97b. Ἄλλως. Ὁδοιπόρος καὶ Ἔχις. (S. 171.F. 130. C. p.357.)
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
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A traveler journeying in winter saw a viper dying of the cold. Taking pity on it, he picked it up and tucked it into his bosom, trying to warm it. As long as the cold held it in its grip, the viper lay still; but once it had warmed up and revived, it bit him in the belly. As he lay dying, the traveler said, “I have only got what I deserve. Why did I save this creature from death, when I ought to have killed it even if it had been strong and healthy?” The fable shows that wickedness, when treated kindly, not only fails to repay the kindness but gains fresh strength to turn against its benefactors.
Izvirnik
97b. Ἄλλως. Ὁδοιπόρος καὶ Ἔχις. (S. 171.F. 130. C. p.357.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Ὁδοιπόρος χειμῶνος ὁδεύων, ὡς ἐθεάσατο ἔχιν ὑπὸ τοῦ κρύους διαφθειρόμενον, τοῦτον ἐλεήσας ἀνείλετο, καὶ βαλὼν εἰς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ κόλπον, θερμαίνειν ἐπειρᾶτο. Ὁ δὲ, μέχρι μὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ψύχους συνείχετο, ἠρέμει· ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἐθερμάνθη, καὶ ἀνεζωώθη, τὴν αὐτοῦ γαστέρα ἔδακε. Καὶ ὃς ἀποθνήσκειν μέλλων ἔφη· ,,ἀλλʼ ἔγωγε δίκαια πέπονθα· τί γὰρ τοῦτον ἀπολλύμενον ἔσωζον, ὃν ἔδει καὶ ἐρρωμένον ἀναιρεῖν;“
Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι πονηρία εὐεργετουμένη πρὸς τῷ ἀμοιβὰς οὐκ ἀποδιδόναι καὶ κατὰ τῶν εὐεργετῶν ἀναπτεροῦται.
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