O besedilu
Volkovi in ovce
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 268. Λυκοι καὶ Πρόβατα. (S. 151. C. 237. F. 211.)
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
Volkovi in ovce
Some wolves were plotting against a flock of sheep, but since they could not get the better of them because of the dogs that guarded them, they decided to resort to trickery. They sent envoys to the sheep, demanding that they hand over the dogs. The dogs, they said, were the cause of their enmity: once they were surrendered, there would be peace between wolves and sheep. The sheep, failing to foresee what would happen, gave up the dogs; and the wolves, once they had overcome them, easily destroyed the unguarded flock.
So too, cities that readily betray their popular leaders unwittingly fall swiftly into their enemies’ hands.
Izvirnik
268. Λυκοι καὶ Πρόβατα. (S. 151. C. 237. F. 211.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Λύκοι ἐπιβουλεύοντες ποίμνῃ προβάτων, ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἠδύναντο αὐτῶν περιγενέσθαι διὰ τοὺς φυλάσσοντας αὐτὰ κύνας, ἔγνωσαν δεῖν διὰ δόλου τοῦτο πρᾶξαι. Καὶ πέμψαντες πρέσβεις ἐξῄτουν παρʼ αὐτῶν τοὺς κύνας, λέγοντες, ἐκείνους τῆς ἔχθρας ὄντας αἰτίους ἐγχειρίζεσθαι δεῖν αὐτοῖς, καὶ εἰρήνην μεταξὺ αὐτῶν γενήσεσθαι. Τὰ δὲ πρόβατα μὴ προβλέποντα τὸ μέλλον ἐξέδωκαν τοὺς κύνας· καὶ οἱ λύκοι περιγενόμενοι ἐκείνων ῥᾳδίως τὴν ποίμνην ἀφύλακτον οὖσαν διέφθειραν.
Οὕτω καὶ τῶν πόλεων αἱ τοὺς δημηγόρους ῥᾳδίως προδιδοῦσαι λανθάνουσι καὶ αὐταὶ ταχέως πολεμίοις χειρούμεναι.
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