O besedilu
Volk, jagnje in lev
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 279b. Ἄλλως. Λύκος, Ἀρνίον καὶ Λέων. (F. 362. C. p.379.)
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, jagnje in lev
A wolf once snatched a lamb from a flock and was carrying it off to his own lair when a lion suddenly crossed his path and took the lamb from him. Standing at a safe distance, the wolf said to him, “Why, my lord, have you taken this from me? Why do you not observe the ancient laws, which forbid the mighty to use their strength for oppression and bid them always defend the helpless?” The lion laughed and replied, “And you, wolf, would have had a rightful claim to it—if one of your friends had given it to you.” The fable is aimed at greedy men and robbers who find fault with one another.
Izvirnik
279b. Ἄλλως. Λύκος, Ἀρνίον καὶ Λέων. (F. 362. C. p.379.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Λύκος δήποτε ἄρας ἀρνίον ἐκ ποίμνης ἀπεκόμιζεν εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν κοίτην· λέων δὲ τούτῳ ἐξαίφνης συναντήσας, ἦρεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἀρνίον. Στὰς δὲ πόῤῥωθεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ταῦτα λέγει· „ἵνα τί, ἄναξ, ἐξ ἐμοῦ τοῦτο ἦρας; πῶς δὲ οὐ τηρεῖς τοὺς θεσμοὺς τοὺς ἀρχαίους, τοῦ μὴ τυραννεῖν χειρὶ δυνατωτάτῃ, ἀλλὰ πάντοτε ἐκδικεῖν τοῖς ἀπόροις;“ Ὁ δὲ γελάσας πρὸς αὐτὸν ταῦτα λέγει· „σὺ δὲ, ὦ λύκε, δικαίως τοῦτʼ ἂν ἔσχες, εἴ τις τῶν φίλων αὐτὸ κεχάρικέ σοι.“
Πρὸς πλεονέκτας καὶ ἅρπαγας τοὺς μεμφομένους ἀλλήλοις ὁ μῦθος.
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