{"id":299877,"date":"1967-01-01T00:01:07","date_gmt":"1966-12-31T23:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/dbnl\/de-leeuw\/"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:36:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:36:38","slug":"de-leeuw","status":"publish","type":"dbnl","link":"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/en\/dbnl\/de-leeuw\/","title":{"rendered":"De leeuw"},"content":{"rendered":"
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De leeuw<\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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De koning der dieren, zeker, maar zoals voorzichtigheid<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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de moeder der porceleinkast is: ook al sidderen<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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zebra en wildebeest voor zijn stem,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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hij blijft gewoon Simba, wurger der kudde,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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de heer met de dikke kop,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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die de 100 meter loopt in 4,5.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Toch, voor elk die hem ooit zag, al was het maar op<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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een plaatje, een vorst, deze Essed, de schrikverwekkende,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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die reeds prijkte in Agamemnons blazoen:<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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trots, onafhankelijk, maar ook humeurig,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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be\u00efnvloedbaar zelfs door het weer:<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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onverschrokken bij regen, apathisch bij zon.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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De Romeinen dweepten met hem, niet slechts in de arena,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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maar ook (het moet menigeens zak lekker hebben gespekt),<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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als statussymbool: Pompeius alleen<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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had er al zo’n zeshonderd: men spande ze voor<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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een mooie strijdwagen en reed<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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er dan vrolijk mee rond door de Latiumse heuvels.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Het moet een opwindend spektakel geweest zijn – over<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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de stellig bij duizenden doodgeknauwde slaven<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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spreekt de historie natuurlijk niet;<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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maar ach, die verzwijgt zoveel – vandaag<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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de dag siert zijn beeltenis vooral<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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hotels, brouwerijen en apotheken.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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En hijzelf, onze machtige vader van de donder?<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Soms vraag ik mij af: bestaat hij eigenlijk nog wel<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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buiten dierentuinen en wildreservaten,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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waar hij de grote trekpleister mag zijn<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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op wie dure toeristen nerveus<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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kilometers kostbare filmrol verschieten?<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Ja, nog steeds melden reizigers ons zijn aanwezigheid,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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met harem en kroost in het gras van de open steppe;<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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maar misschien nog een eeuw: dan rijen de flats<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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zich van Swakopmund tot Nairobi en valt<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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ook voor deze koning het doek<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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in het neon-licht van de voorstadplantsoenen.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

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Over dit hoofdstuk\/artikel<\/h3>\n

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