Waltey

Waltey

Psi in lisica

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Psi in lisica

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
219. Κύνες καὶ Ἀλώπηξ. (C.376. F.336.)

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

Psi in lisica

Some dogs found a lion’s skin and began tearing it to pieces. A fox saw them and said, “If this lion were still alive, you would find his claws stronger than your teeth.” The fable illustrates how people scorn the great once they have fallen from glory.

Izvirnik

219. Κύνες καὶ Ἀλώπηξ. (C.376. F.336.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Λέοντος δορὰν κύνες εὑρόντες, διεσπάραττον ταύτην. Τούτοις δὲ ἀλώπηξ ἰδοῦσα ἔφη· „εἰ οὗτος ὁ λέων τοῖς ζῶσι συνῆν, εἴδετε ἂν τοὺς αὐτοῦ ὄνυχας ἰσχυροτέρους τῶν ὑμετέρων ὀδόντων.“

Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ τοὺς τῶν ἐνδόξων καταφρονοῦντας, ὅταν τῆς δόξης ἐκπίπτωσιν.