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Vrtnar in pes

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Vrtnar in pes

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
192. Κηπωρὸς καὶ Κύων. (C. 67. F. 229. S. 119.)

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

Vrtnar in pes

A gardener’s dog fell into a well. The gardener, wishing to bring him up, climbed down into the well himself. But the dog, thinking he had come to push him farther under, turned and bit him. As the gardener climbed out in pain, he said, “I have got what I deserve. Why ever did I go to such trouble to save a creature bent on its own destruction?” This fable is aimed at the unjust and ungrateful.

Izvirnik

192. Κηπωρὸς καὶ Κύων. (C. 67. F. 229. S. 119.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Κηπωροῦ κύων εἰς φρέαρ κατέπεσεν. δὲ κηπωρὸς βουλόμενος αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν ἀναγαγεῖν, κατῆλθε καὶ αὐτὸς εἰς τὸ φρέαρ. Oíηθεὶς δʼ ὁ κύων, ὡς κατωτέρω μᾶλλον αὐτὸν παραγέγονε καταδῦσαι, τὸν κηπωρὸν στραφεὶς ἔδακεν. Ὁ δὲ μετʼ ὀδύνης ἐπανιών „δίκαια“ φησὶ „πέπονθα· τί δή ποτε γὰρ τὸν αὐτόχειρα σῶσαι ἐσπούδασα;“

Ὁ μῦθος πρὸς ἀδίκους καὶ ἀχαρίστους.