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

English: 
Hello, class! Today I would like to tell you a myth -- Greek and "terrific"!
The name of this story is "Daedalus". Splendid. Let's begin then!

English: 
Daedalus is an inventor, who made the Labyrinth.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ὁ Δαίδαλος ἀρχιτέκτων, ὅς ἐποίησε τὸν Λαβύρινθον.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ὁ δὲ βασιλεύς, Μίνως ὀνόματι, τῷ Δαιδάλῳ ὀργισθείς, αὐτὸν ζητεῖ. ὁ γὰρ ἐν νῷ ἔχει (= βούλεται) αὐτὸν ἀποκτείνειν.

English: 
But the king, named Minos, having become angry with Daedalus, is looking for him. For he has in mind (= wants) to kill him!

English: 
And when/since he is not able to find Daedalus, he orders all the captains on the island, saying, "Don't allow Daedalus to get embark on your ships!"

Modern Greek (1453-): 
καὶ ἐπεὶ οὐ δύναται τὸν Δαίδαλον εὑρεῖν, κελεύει πάντας τοὺς κυβερνήτας τοὺς ἐν τῇ νήσῳ, λέγων, >

Modern Greek (1453-): 
καὶ δὴ καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς πᾶσι τοῖς πολίταις ἀγγέλλει (= λέγει), >

English: 
And furthermore, the king announces (= says) to all the citizens, "If anyone should be willing to give me Daedalus, I will give (to) him a lot of money."

English: 
So the inventor knows well that he cannot get away in a ship. And so he devises something.
So he makes large wings...

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ὁ οὖν ἀρχιτέκτων εὖ οἶδεν ὅτι οὐ δύναται ἐν πλοίῳ ἀποφυγεῖν (= ἀποφεύγειν).  διὰ τοῦτο, μηχανᾶται τι.
ποιεῖται οὖν πτέρυγας μεγάλας...

Modern Greek (1453-): 
...ἑαυτῷ τε καὶ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ υἱῷ, ὅς ὀνομάζεται Ἴκαρος.
ἔπειτα δὲ, ταύταις ταῖς πτερύγεσσι χρῶμενοι, ὑπὲρ τῆς θαλάττης πέτονται (= διὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ταχέως ἔρχονται).

English: 
for himself and for his son, who is named Icarus.
Then, using these wings, over the sea they fly (= they go quickly through the sky).

English: 
But Icarus, thinking big (= having become insolent), flies up too close to the sun. And so he ruins his own wings!

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ὁ δὲ Ἴκαρος, μέγα φρονῶν (= ὑβριστικὸς γενόμενος), λίαν ἐγγὺς τοῦ ἡλίου ἀναπέτεται.  καὶ διὰ τοῦτο, τὰς ἑαυτοῦ πτέρυγας διαφθείρει!

English: 
Then the boy falls into the sea and dies.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ἔπειτα δὲ πίπτει ὁ παῖς εἰς τὴν θάλατταν καὶ ἀποθνῄσκει.

English: 
And the part of the sea in which he died is still named from him "The Icarian Sea".
But Daedalus flies near the water (not wanting to ruin his own wings).

Modern Greek (1453-): 
καὶ τὸ μέρος τῆς θαλάττης, ἐν ᾧ ἀπέθανεν, > ἔτι ἀπ´ αὐτοῦ ὀνομάζεται.
ὁ δὲ Δαίδαλος ἐγγὺς τοῦ ὕδατος πέτεται (τὰς ἑαυτοῦ πτέρυγας διαφθείρειν οὐκ ἐθέλων).

English: 
And (by) doing these things, he arrives safe at Sicily (= he, not being in danger, comes to Sicily).
The End. Thanks, class! Until we meet again!

Modern Greek (1453-): 
καὶ ταῦτα ποιῶν, εἰς τὴν Σικελίαν σῴζεται (= εἰς...ἔρχεται, οὐκ ἐν κινδύνῳ ὤν).
τὸ τέλος. χάριν ὑμῖν ἔχω, ὦ μαθηταί τε καὶ μαθήτριαι! εἰς αὖθις!
