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Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

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Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
236. Λαγωοὶ καὶ Ἀλώπεκες. (S.160. C. 1Ο7 et p.319. F.108.)

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

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Once, when the hares were at war with the eagles, they asked the foxes to join them as allies. But the foxes replied, “We would have helped you if we did not know who you are and whom you are fighting.” The fable shows that those who contend with their betters not only fail but are mocked as well.

Izvirnik

236. Λαγωοὶ καὶ Ἀλώπεκες. (S.160. C. 1Ο7 et p.319. F.108.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Λαγωοί ποτε πολεμοῦντες ἀετοῖς παρεκάλουν εἰς συμμαχίαν ἀλώπεκας· αἱ δʼ ἔφασαν· „ἐβοηθήσαμεν ἄν ὑμῖν, εἰ μὴ ιᾔδειμεν, τίνες ἐστὲ, καὶ τίσι πολεμεῖτε.“

Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι οἱ φιλονεικοῦντες τοῖς κρείττοσι σὺν τῷ διαμαρτεῖν καὶ καταπαίζονται.