O besedilu
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- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 90b. Ἄλλως. (C. 20.)
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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An old man once cut some wood on a mountain, hoisted it onto his shoulders, and set off. After walking a long way beneath his burden, he grew exhausted, laid the wood down, and called upon Death to come. Death appeared at once and asked why he had summoned him. The old man replied, “So that you can lift this load and put it back on my shoulders.” The fable shows that everyone clings to life: even when beset by countless dangers and seemingly longing for death, a person still far prefers life to death.
Izvirnik
90b. Ἄλλως. (C. 20.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Γέρων ποτὲ ξύλα τεμών ἐξ ὄρους κἀπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἀράμενος, ἐπειδὴ πολλὴν ὁδὸν ἐπηχθισμένος ἐβάδισεν, ἀπειρηκὼς ἀπέθετό τε τὰ ξύλα, καὶ τὸν Θάνατον ἐλ- θεῖν ἐπεκαλεῖτο. Τοῦ δὲ Θανάτου εὐθὺς ἐπιστάντος, καὶ τὴν αἰτίαν πυνθανομένου, διʼ ἥν αὐτὸν καλοίη, ὁ γέρων ἔφη· ,,ἵνα τὸν φόρτον τοῦτον ἄρας ἐπιθῇς μοι.“
Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι πᾶς ἄνθρωπος, φιλόζωος ὢν, κἂν μυρίοις κινδύνοις περιπεσὼν δοκῇ θανάτου ἐπιθυμεῖν, ὅμως τὸ ζῆν πολὺ πρὸ τοῦ θανάτου αἱρεῖται.
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