
Modern Greek (1453-): 
χαίρετε, πάντες καὶ πᾶσαι!
τήμερον βουλοίμην ἂν διέρχεσθαι ὑμῖν μῦθον Ἑλληνικόν.
τὸ ὄνομα τούτου τοῦ μύθου ἐστὶν >.
καλῶς. ἀρξώμεθα!

English: 
Hello, everybody!
Today I would like to tell you a Greek myth.
The name of this story is "Orpheus and Eurydice".
Splendid. Let's begin!

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ὁ Ὀρφεὺς κιθαρῳδός (ἐστιν).  καὶ οὗτος, ᾄδων, κινεῖν δύναται (= ἔχει) λίθους τε καὶ δένδρα.

English: 
Orpheus is a guitarist. And this man, [just] by singing, can move stones and trees!

English: 
When a snake bites his wife, named Eurydice, she dies.
Then Orpheus goes down to Hades, wishing to lead her back.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ἐπεὶ δὲ ὄφις τις δάκνει τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, ὀνόματι Εὐρυδίκην, αὕτη ἀποθνῄκσει.
ὁ οὖν Ὀρφεὺς κατέρχεται εἰς Ἅιδου (= εἰς τὸν οἶκον Ἅιδου), ἐθέλων  ἀναγαγεῖν (= ἀναφέρειν βουλόμενος) αὐτὴν.

English: 
When/after he arrives at Hades, he persuades Pluto, the king there, to send her back (up).

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ἐπειδὴ δὲ εἰς Ἅιδου ἀφικνεῖται, Πλούτωνα, τὸν ἐκεῖ βασιλέα, πείθει ἀναπέμψαι αὐτήν.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ὁ οὖν Πλούτων ὁμολογεῖ τοῦτο ποιήσειν.  τῷ γὰρ θεῷ μάλα ἀρέσκει ὁ Ὀρφεὺς ᾄδων.

English: 
So Pluto agrees to do this. For Orpheus singing is very pleasing to the god.

English: 
But he orders him, saying, "Only don't turn around and don't look at your wife before arriving home."

Modern Greek (1453-): 
κελεύει δὲ αὐτὸν, λέγων, >

English: 
So Orpheus is going out of Hades while Eurydice goes behind him.
Then Orpheus doesn't trust/believe Pluto.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
ὁ οὖν Ὀρφεὺς πορεύεται (= ἔρχεται) ἐξ Ἅιδου, ἡ δὲ Εὐρυδίκη μετὰ τὸν ἄνδρα βαίνει (= ἔρχεται).
ἔπειτα δὲ ὁ Ὀρφεὺς οὐ πιστεύει τῷ Πλούτωνι.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
διὰ τοῦτο ἐπιστρέφει, τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα θεάσασθαι ἐθέλων (= βλέψαι βουλόμενος).
ἡ δὲ γυνὴ εὐθὺς εἰς Ἅιδου ἐπανέρχεται!
οἴμοι!
τὸ τέλος.

English: 
Accordingly he turns around, wishing to behold his wife.
But his wife immediately goes back to Hades.
Oh no!
The End.

Modern Greek (1453-): 
χάριν ὑμῖν ἔχω μεγἀλην, ὦ μαθηταί τε καὶ μαθήτριαι! εἰς αὖθις!

English: 
Thanks very much, students! Until next time!
