
Modern Greek (1453-): 
χαίρετε φίλοι, χαίρετε σπουδαῖοι.
ἐν τῷ καθ’ ἡμέραν βίῳ
μάλιστα νῦν,
διατρίβομεν πλείω χρόνον ἐν ἐλάττονι χώρῳ
καὶ
ἴσως διατρίβομεν πλείω χρόνον
σὺν ὀλίγοις ἀνθρώποις
μάλιστα φίλοις καὶ οἰκείοις
ἐλπίζομεν γε
ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο χαλεπόν ἐστιν ἐνίοτε.
πρότερον γὰρ
ἐνήχομεν ὥσπερ ἰχθύες
ἐν μεγάλη θαλάττᾳ·
νῦν δὲ
καθήμεθα ὥσπερ τάριχοι ἐν πίθῳ
ὁμοῦ ἐσμεν
ἐγγὺς, καὶ ὥσπερ κεκλῃσμένοι

English: 
Greetings friends, greetings serious people.
in our daily lives
now in particular
we are spending more time
in a smaller space
and perhaps we are spending more time
with a few people
Hopefully mostly with friends and relatives
but even this is difficult sometimes
For before, we were swimming like fish in a great sea
but now we are sitting like sardines in a barrel
We are together, close, like shut-ins.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ἐν τοιούτοις δεινοῖς, βέλτιον πράττομεν
ἐὰν τραπώμεν εἰς τὴν σοφίαν τῶν πάλαι.
μεμνώμεθα οὖν τῆς συμβουλῆς τοῦ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου
τοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος
οὗτος γὰρ αὐτὸς
εἶδε ὀλεθριότατον λοιμόν
ἐν τῷ βίῳ αὐτοῦ,
ὅς διέφθειρε μυριάδας πολλοὺς ἀνθρώπων
ἔν τε Ῥώμῃ καὶ ἐν τῇ πάσῃ βασιλείᾳ τῶν Ῥωμαίων
τοιαῦτα δὲ λέγει καὶ συμβουλεύει ὁ Μάρκος
καὶ παραφράζω ὀλίγον
ἐὰν τηρῶμεν τὸν ἐντὸς δαίμονα καθαρόν,
καὶ ἀρκῶμεθα τῇ κατὰ φύσιν ἐνεργείᾳ

English: 
In such frightful times we do better
if we turn to the wisdom of the ancients.
Let us therefore remember the advice of Marcus Aurelius
the emperor
For he himself saw a most deadly plague
in his lifetime.
Which killed tens of thousands of people.
both in Rome and throughout the entire Roman empire.
Here's what Marcus says and advises us
and I'm paraphrasing a little
if we keep our inner divinity pure
and we are satisfied
with the present reality according to nature

Modern Greek (1453-): 
καὶ τῇ ἡρωικῇ ἀληθείᾳ
εὐ ζήσομεν
τοῦτο λέγει ὁ Μάρκος, τοῦτο συμβουλεύει
ἑαυτῳ καὶ ἡμῖν.
καθαίρομεν γὰρ νῦν τάς τε χεῖρας
καὶ τὰς λαβὰς τῶν θυρῶν καὶ τοιαῦτα
καὶ εὐ ποιοῦμεν
καταπιέζοντες τὸ κῦμα
εὐ ποιοῦμεν.
ἀλλὰ
δεῖ ἡμᾶς καὶ καθαίρειν τὸν ἐντὸς δαίμονα
τοῦτ’ ἐστιν τὴν ψυχήν
ἐὰν ἐθέλωμεν εὐ ζῆν.
οὐ μόνον δὲ τοῦτο ἀλλὰ
καὶ ὁ Μάρκος συμβουλεύει ἡμῖν
ἀσπάζεσθαι ἀσμένως τὴν τύχην

English: 
and with the heroic truth
we will live well. (Meditations 12.3)
This is what Marcus says and counsels himself and us.
For we are now purifying our hands
and door handles and things like that
and we do well -
flattening the curve.
that's good.
But,
We must also purify the inner divinity
that is, the soul
if we want to live well.
Not only that, but
Marcus also advises us
to gladly accept fate

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ἢ τὸ ὄν.
τοῦτο γὰρ ἴσως ἐστιν ἡ "ἡρωικὴ ἀλήθεια."
γενώμεθα ὥσπερ ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺς
ἐν τῇ ἐνάτῃ τῆς Ἰλιάδος ῥαψῳδίᾳ
ὅς διορᾷ τὸ τῦφος τῆς παρ’ ἀνθρώπων τιμῆς
καὶ γιγνώσκει αὐτὸς τιμᾶσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν θεῶν
καὶ ἀρκεῖται τοῦτῳ.
γενώμεθα δὲ ὥσπερ ὁ Ἕκτωρ
κατὰ τὴν τελευτὴν αὐτοῦ
παυσώμεθα ἀποφεύγοντες τὴν Μοῖραν
καὶ ἀθρήσωμεν κατ’ ὄμμα
τὴν κατὰ φύσιν ἐνέργειαν
τὴν ἀλήθειαν
καὶ ἐὰν τοῦτο ποιήσωμεν,

English: 
or "reality."
For this perhaps is the "heroic truth."
Let us be like Achilles
in the ninth book of the Iliad
who sees through to the vanity of social status
and understands that he himself is honored by the gods
and is satisfied with this.
Let us also be like Hector
in his last moments:
let us cease fleeing Destiny
and let us gaze into the eye of the present reality according to nature
the truth.
And if we do this

English: 
we will live well
or perhaps we will die well.
And the heroic truth is
that every single person has a soul
greater and more valuable
than he realizes.
Be strong then, friends, and do well
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Modern Greek (1453-): 
εὖ ἢ ζήσομεν ἢ
ἢ ἴσως εὖ ἀποθανοῦμεθα
καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἡ ἡρωική ἐστιν
πᾶς τις ἔχει ψυχὴν
κρείττονα καὶ τιμιωτέραν
ἢ ὅτι νομίζει
ἔρρωσθε οὖν, ὦ φίλοι
καὶ εὖ πράττετε.
καὶ εἰ τοῦτο ἤρεσε ὑμῖν,
ἐγγράψασθε κάτω.
