
English: 
Greetings, students!
Today I want to tell you an Aesop fable!
The name of this story is "The Lion and the Horse".

Modern Greek (1453-): 
χαίρετε, ὦ μαθηταί τε καὶ μαθήτριαι!
τήμερον βούλομαι ἐγὼ διέρχεσθαι ὑμῖν μῦθον Ἀισωπικόν!
τὸ ὄνομα τούτου τοῦ μύθου ἐστὶ >.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
λέων τις οἴκοθεν ἔρχεται εἰς τὸ κρέας ζητεῖν.
ἐπειδὴ δὲ εἰς τὰς ὕλας εἰσέρχεται, ἵππον ὁρᾷ.

English: 
A certain lion is going from home to seek (some) meat.
When/after he comes into the woods, he sees a horse.

English: 
But the lion is very tired and, because of this, does not want to fight with the horse.
Then the lion gets an idea/devises something.
Then the lion, pretending to be a doctor, goes towards the horse...
...and asks, "Do you need to be examined? For I am a learned doctor!"

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ἀλλὰ ὁ λέων μάλα κάμνει καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐ βούλεται μάχεσθαι τῷ ἵππῳ.
ἔπειτα δὲ ὁ λέων μηχανᾶται τι!
ὁ οὖν λέων, ἰατρὸς εἶναι προσποιοῦμενος, πρὸς τὸν ἵππον ἔρχεται...
...καὶ ἐρωτᾷ, >

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ὁ οὖν λέων, ἰατρὸς εἶναι προσποιοῦμενος, πρὸς τὸν ἵππον ἔρχεται...
...καὶ ἐρωτᾷ, >

English: 
Then the lion, pretending to be a doctor, goes towards the horse...
...and asks, "Do you need to be examined? For I am a learned doctor!"

English: 
But the horse, being wiser than the lion, thinks that the lion is a moron and devises something cleverer.
The horse, therefore, says to the lion, "YES! I need to be examined! For my foot isn't doing so well (lit: is holding in a bad way).

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ὁ δὲ ἵππος, τοῦ λέοντος σοφότερος ὤν, νομίζει ὅτι ὁ λέων μῶρος ἐστὶ καὶ μηχανᾶται τι δεινότερον.
λέγει οὖν ὁ ἵππος τῷ λέοντι, >

English: 
So the other comes closer, rejoicing and very much wanting (some) meat.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ὁ δὲ ἐγγύτερον ἔρχεται, χαίρων καὶ κρέας σφόδρα βουλόμενος.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ἐπειδὴ δὲ ὁ λέων τὸν τοῦ ἵππου πόδα ἐπισκοπεῖν πειρᾶται, ὁ ἵππος τὴν τοῦ λέοντος κεφαλὴν σφόδρα κόπτει!
ἔπειτα δέ, τοῦ λέοντος ἀκινήτου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κειμένου, ὁ ἵππος φεύγει ὡς τάχιστα.

English: 
When/after the lion tries to examine the horse's foot, the horse smites the lion's head HARD!
Then, with the lion lying on the ground motionless, the horses flees as quickly as possible.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα πολλῷ ὕστερον, ὁ λέων, ἐν πολλῇ ἀπορίᾳ ὤν καὶ ἀθύμως ἔχων, ἐπαίρει ἑαυτόν.

English: 
And after these things a while later, the lion, being in much perplexity and feeling dispirited, gets up (= picks himself up).

English: 
Finally, the lion slowly goes back home(wards), very tired and doing very badly in the head and, what's more, still wanting to eat some meat.
The End.
Thank you, student!  See you later!

Modern Greek (1453-): 
τέλος δὲ, ὁ λέων οἴκαδε βραδέως ἐπανέρχεται, μάλα κάμνων καὶ κατὰ τὴν κεφαλὴν κάκιστα ἔχων καὶ δὴ καὶ κρέας τι φαγεῖν ἔτι βουλόμενος.
τὸ τέλος.
χάριν ὑμῖν ἔχω, ὦ μαθηταί τε καὶ μαθήτριαι!  εἰς αὖθις!
