O besedilu
Zajec in želva
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 420b. λῶς. (C. p. 188 et p.398. F. 173.)
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
Zajec in želva
A hare was mocking a tortoise’s feet and her slowness. “Yet I shall beat you in a race, swift-footed as you are,” she said. “That is only a boast, Tortoise,” he replied. “But race me, and you will see. Who will mark out the course and judge the winner?” The fox, who was fair and very wise, laid out a straight course for the race. The tortoise, mindful of her sluggish pace, set off without delay. But the hare, confident in his swift feet, lay down to sleep. When he reached the appointed finish, he found that the slow tortoise had won.
So it is that many who are naturally slow, by wasting no time, overcome those who are naturally swift but idle.
Izvirnik
420b. λῶς. (C. p. 188 et p.398. F. 173.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Ποδῶν χελώνης κατεγέλα λαγωὸς καὶ ἀργίας· ἡ δὲ ἔφη· ,,ἐγὼ σὲ τὸν ταχύν ἐν τοῖς ποσὶ νικήσω.“ Ὁ δέ ,,λόγῳ μόνῳ, χελώνη, λέγεις τοῦτο· ἀλλʼ ἔριζε καὶ γνώσῃ. Τίς δὲ τὸν τόπον ὁριεῖ καὶ βραβεύσει τὴν νίκην;“ Ἀλώπηξ δʼ ἡ δικαία καὶ σοφωτάτη ἔταξεν ὀδὸν τῶν δρόμων τὴν εὐθεῖαν. Ἡ δὲ χελώνη μὴ ῥᾳθυμήσασα ἢρξατο τῆς ὁδοῦ, πρὸς τὸ αὐτῆς ἀφορῶσα δυσκίνητον. Ὁ δὲ λαγωὸς, θαδῥῶν τοῖς ποσὶν, ἐκοιμήθη· καὶ ἐλθών ἐπὶ τοῦ ὡρισμένου τόπου, εὗρε νικῶσαν τὴν βραδεῖαν χελώνην.
Ὅτι πολλοὶ τῇ μὲν φύσει ἀργοὶ, τῇ δὲ συντομιᾳ τοὺς φύσει ταχεῖς, ῥᾳθύμους δὲ, νικῶσιν.
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