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Volk in starka

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Volk in starka

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
275b. Ἄλλως. (S. 155.)

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 starka

A starving wolf roamed about in search of food. Coming to a certain place, he heard an old woman threatening a crying child that unless it stopped, she would throw it to the wolf. Believing she meant what she said, he waited. But when evening came and nothing had happened to bear out her words, he went away, saying, “In this household, people say one thing and do another.” This fable applies to those whose deeds do not match their words.

Izvirnik

275b. Ἄλλως. (S. 155.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Λύκος λιμώττων περιῄει ζητῶν ἑαυτῷ τροφήν. Ὡς δὲ ἐγένετο κατά τινα τόπον, ἀκούσας γραὸς παιδὶ κλαίοντι ἀπειλουμένης, ὡς, ἂν μὴ παύσηται, βαλεῖ λύκῳ, οἰόμενος ἀληθεύειν προσέμενεν. Ἑσπέρας δὲ γενομένης, ὡς οὐδὲν τοῖς λόγοις ἀκόλουθον ἐγένετο, ἀπαλλαττόμενος ἔφη· „ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ἐπαύλει οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἄλλα μὲν λέγουσιν, ἄλλα δὲ ποιοῦσιν.“

Ὁ λόγος ἁρμόσει τοῖς μὴ τοῖς λόγοις τὰ ἔργα ἔχουσιν ἑπόμενα.