O besedilu
Svinja in psica
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 408b. Ἄλῶς (S. 220.)
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
Svinja in psica
A sow and a dog were quarreling. The sow swore by Aphrodite that she would rip the dog apart with her tusks unless she stopped. The dog replied that this very oath showed her lack of sense, since Aphrodite hated pigs so much that she would not allow anyone who had eaten pork to enter her temple. The sow answered, “But she does that not out of hatred, but out of concern for me, so that no one will sacrifice me.” In the same way, clever orators often turn the reproaches of their enemies into praise.
Izvirnik
408b. Ἄλῶς (S. 220.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Ὗς καὶ κύων πρὸς ἀλλήλους διεφέροντο. Τῆς δὲ ὑὸς ὀμνυούσης τὴν Ἀφροδίτην, ἐὰν μὴ παύσηται, τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν ἀνατεμεῖν, ἡ κύων ἔλεγε, καὶ κατʼ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ἀγνωμονεῖν, εἴγε Ἀφροδίτη μισεῖ, ὥστε ἐὰν φάγῃ τις κρέας ὑὸς, τοῦτον οὐκ ἐᾶν εἰς τὸ ίερὸν αὐτῆς εἰσιέναι. Καὶ ἡ ὗς ὑποτυχοῦσα ἔφη· ,,ἀλλὰ τοῦτο οὐ στυγοῦσα ποιεῖ, ἀλλὰ προνοουμένη, ἵνα μή τίς με θύσῃ.“
Οὕτως οἱ φρόνιμοι τῶν ῥητόρων πολλάκις τὰ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν φερόμενα ὀνείδη εἰς ἐπαίνους μετασχηματίζουσιν.
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