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

English: 
Greetings, O (male and female) students!
Today I would like to tell you an Aesop fable!
The name, then, of the story is "Aphrodite and the Cat".

Modern Greek (1453-): 
αἴλουρός τις ἐρᾷ ἀνδρός τινος (= ἄνδρα τινὰ ἐρωτικῶς φιλεῖ).
ἐν δ᾽ οὖν πολλῇ ἀπορίᾳ οὖσα, πρὸς τὸν Ὄλυμπον πορεύεται (= ἔρχεται).

English: 
A certain cat is in love with some man (= loves a certain man in a romantic way).
And so being in much perplexity [about what to do], she travels (= goes) to Olympus.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐκεῖσε ἀφικνεῖται (= ἔρχεται), εὔχεται τῇ Ἀφροδίτῃ λέγουσα, <<ἐρῶ ἐγὼ ἀνθρώπου. βούλομαι οὖν μεταμορφοῦσθαι εἰς γυναῖκα καλήν.

English: 
And when she arrives (= goes) there, she prays to Aphrodite, saying, "I'm in love with a human. I want, therefore, to be transformed into a beautiful woman."

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ἐγὼ γὰρ σφόδρα βούλομαι τοῦτον τὸν ἄνδρα με γυναῖκα ἄγεσθαι.>>
ἐπειδὴ δὲ Ἀφροδίτη τοῦτο ποιεῖ, ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐρᾷ τῆς αἰλούρου καὶ αὐτὴν γυναῖκα ἄγεται.

English: 
For I really want this man to marry me."
When/after Aphrodite does this, the man falls in love the cat and marries her.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ἡ δὲ Ἀφροδίτη περὶ τούτου τοῦ πράγματος ἀπορεῖ τι.
ἡ γὰρ θεὸς εὑρεῖν βούλεται τὴν ἀληθείαν.

English: 
But Aphrodite is somewhat perplexed about this whole thing/this matter/this affair.
For the goddess wants to find (out) the truth.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
καὶ ἑαυτῇ λέγει, >
ἐξαίφνης δὲ μηχανᾶται τι.

English: 
And she says to herself, "Is that [creature] allegedly a woman but in fact a cat?"
And suddenly she gets an idea/devises something.

English: 
While both the cat and her husband are chillin' at home, the goddess sends a mouse into the house.  Then the cat beholds (= looks at) the mouse.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ἐν ᾧ ἡ αἴλουρός τε καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ οἴκοι ἡσυχάζουσιν, ἡ θεὸς πέμπει μῦν εἰς τὸν οἶκον.  ἔπειτα δὲ ἡ αἴλουρος τὸν μῦν θεᾶται (= βλέπει).

English: 
Suddenly the cat, by the compulsion/necessity of Nature, hurries (= goes quickly) towards the mouse, wanting to eat some meat.
The story shows/makes clear that it is impossible to change Nature.
Splendid.  (See you) later!

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ἐξαίφνης δὲ ἡ αἴλουρος τῇ τῆς φύσεως ἀνάγκῃ σπεύδει (= ταχέως ἔρχεται) πρὸς τὸν μῦν, κρέας τι φαγεῖν βουλομένη.
ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ ὅτι ἀδύνατόν ἐστι τὴν φύσιν μεταβαλεῖν.
καλῶς.  εἰς αὖθις!
