
Modern Greek (1453-): 
χαίρετε, ὦ μαθηταί τε καὶ μαθήτριαι!  τήμερον βούλομαι διέρχεσθαι ὑμῖν μῦθον Αἰσωπικόν.  τὸ ὄνομα τούτου τοῦ μύθου ἐστὶ  >.
Ζεὺς γάμον (= >) ποιεῖν μέλλει.

English: 
Hello (male and female) students!  Today I want to relate to you/go through for you an Aesopic tale.  The name of this tale is "Zeus and the Tortoise".
Zeus is going to make/put on a wedding feast.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
Ζεὺς οὖν πάντα τὰ ζῷα καλεῖ (εἰς τὸ δεῖπνον).

English: 
Zeus therefore calls/invites all the animals to the feast.

English: 
But only the Tortoise is absent (= is not present).
And Zeus is ignorant (= does not know) what the Tortoise is absent.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
μόνη δὲ ἡ χελώνη ἄπεστιν (= οὐ πάρεστιν).
Ζεὺς δὲ ἀγνοεῖ (= οὐκ οἶδε = οὐ γιγνώσκει) διὰ τί ἡ χελώνη ἄπεστιν.

English: 
On account of this Zeus comes to the Tortoise and asks her, "Why did you alone not come to the feast?"

Modern Greek (1453-): 
διὰ τοῦτο Ζεὺς ἔρχεται πρὸς τὴν χελώνην καὶ ἐρωτᾷ αὐτήν, >

English: 
And the Tortoise says, "Home is dear, home is best."
Zeus then gets angry at the Tortoise.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ἡ δὲ χελώνη λέγει, >
Ζεὺς οὖν ἀγανακτεῖ (= ὀργίζεται = ὀργίλως ἔχει) τῇ χελώνῃ.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
καὶ διὰ τοῦτο κελεύει αὐτὴν τὸν οἶκον περιφέρειν εἰς ἀεί!
καλῶς.  χάριν ὑμῖν ἔχω. ἔρρωσθε!

English: 
And on account of this he orders her to carry her house around forever!
Splendid.  Thanks, y'all.  Goodbye!
