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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
275c. Ἄλλως. (C. 138, c. B.16.)

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

An old woman threatened a crying infant who was asking for food that, unless it quieted down, she would throw it to the wolf. The wolf, believing the old woman meant what she said, waited hungrily until evening but got nothing. When he returned to his mate, she asked why he had come home without his usual catch. He replied, “What else could I expect, after trusting a woman?”

Izvirnik

275c. Ἄλλως. (C. 138, c. B.16.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Αἰτοῦντι τροφὴν νηπίῳ καὶ κλαίοντι ἠπείλησε γραῦς, εἰ μὴ ἡσυχάσαι, τῷ λύκῳ ῥῖψαι. Ὁ δὲ λύκος, τὴν γραῦν ἀληθεύειν νομίσας, ἐκαρτέρησε μέχρις ἑσπέρας πεινῶν, μηδὲν λαβών. Εἰς δὲ τὴν σύνοικον ἐλθὼν ἠρωτᾶτο, πῶς οὐδὲν ἄρας ἦλθεν, ὡς ἀεί. Ὁ δʼ εἶπε· „πῶς γάρ τις πιστεύσας γυναικί;“