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Volk in jagnje

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Volk in jagnje

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
273. Λύκος καὶ Ἀρνίον. (F. 107. C. 228 et p. 378.)

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

Volk in jagnje

A wolf was chasing a lamb, which took refuge in a temple. The wolf called to it to come out, saying that if the priest caught it, he would sacrifice it to the god. But the lamb replied, “I would rather become an offering to a god than be torn to pieces by you.”

The fable shows that for those who must die, an honorable death is better.

Izvirnik

273. Λύκος καὶ Ἀρνίον. (F. 107. C. 228 et p. 378.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Λύκος ἀρνίον ἐδίωκε· τὸ δὲ εἴς τι ἱερὸν κατέφυγε. Προσκαλουμένου δὲ αὐτὸ τοῦ λύκου, καὶ λέγοντος, ὅτι θυσιάσει αὐτὸ ὁ ἱερεὺς, εἰ καταλάβῃ, τῷ θεῷ, ἐκεῖνο ἔφη· „ἀλλʼ αἱρετώτερόν μοί ἐστι θεοῦ θυσία γενέσθαι, ὑπὸ σοῦ διαφθαρῆναι.

Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι οἷς ἐπίκειται τὸ ἀποθανεῖν, κρείττων ἐστὶν ὁ μετὰ δόξης θάνατος.