The Trodden Snake

 A First Easy Greek Reading Book by E. V. Fowle. Internet Archive link. This is reading 9 in the Fables section. There are notes for each story and also a specific vocabulary for each story. In addition to fables, the book contains tales and anecdotes, mythology, Alexander the Great, and the Gospel of John: table of contents.

Ὄφις, ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων πατούμενος, τῷ Διὶ ἐνετύγχανεν περὶ τούτου. Ὁ δὲ Ζεὺς πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπεν· "ἀλλ᾿ εἰ τὸν πρότερον πατήσαντα ἔπληξας, οὐκ ἂν ὁ δεύτερος ἐπεχείρησε τοῦτο ποιῆσαι."
Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι οἱ τοῖς πρώτοις ἐπιβαίνοντες τοῖς ἄλλοις φοβεροὶ γίγνονται.

Ὄφις,
πατούμενος
ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων,
ἐνετύγχανεν τῷ Διὶ
περὶ τούτου.

Ὁ δὲ Ζεὺς
εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν·
"ἀλλ᾿
εἰ ἔπληξας
τὸν πρότερον πατήσαντα,
ὁ δεύτερος
οὐκ ἂν ἐπεχείρησε
ποιῆσαι τοῦτο."

Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ ὅτι
οἱ ἐπιβαίνοντες
τοῖς πρώτοις
γίγνονται φοβεροὶ
τοῖς ἄλλοις.

A snake

Ὄφις,

stepped on by many people

ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων
πατούμενος,

appealed to Zeus about it

τῷ Διὶ ἐνετύγχανεν
περὶ τούτου.

Zeus said to him

Ὁ δὲ Ζεὺς
πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπεν·

"But if you had struck
the person
who first stepped on you

ἀλλ᾿ εἰ
τὸν πρότερον πατήσαντα
ἔπληξας,

a second person
would not dare to do that

οὐκ ἂν ὁ δεύτερος
ἐπεχείρησε
τοῦτο ποιῆσαι."

The fable shows that

Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ ὅτι

those who resist
their first (enemies)

οἱ τοῖς πρώτοις
ἐπιβαίνοντες

become terrifying
to their other (enemies)

τοῖς ἄλλοις
φοβεροὶ γίγνονται.

Medici Aesop

Dialogue: Zeus and Hermes

A Greek Reader for the Use of Schools by C. C. Felton. Internet Archive link. This is reading 2 in the Lucian section. There are notes for each story and also a vocabulary in the back of the book. You will find Aesop, Lucian, and a variety of other authors in this book: table of contents.

Ζεύς. Τὴν τοῦ Ἰνάχου παῖδα τὴν καλὴν οἶσθα, ὦ Ερμῆ;
Ἑρμῆς. Ναί· τὴν Ἰὼ λέγεις.
Ζεύς. Οὐκέτι παῖς ἐκείνη ἐστίν, ἀλλὰ δάμαλις.
Ἑρμῆς. Τεράστιον τοῦτο· τῷ τρόπῳ δ᾽ ἐνηλλάγη;
Ζεύς. Ζηλοτυπήσασα ἡ Ἥρα μετέβαλεν αὐτήν. ἀλλα καὶ καινὸν ἄλλο τι δεινὸν ἐπιμεμηχάνηται τῇ κακοδαίμονι· βουκόλον τινὰ πολυόμματον Ἄργον τοὔνομα ἐπέστησεν, ὃς νέμει τὴν δάμαλιν ἄϋπνος ὤν.
Ἑρμῆς. Τί οὖν ἡμᾶς χρὴ ποιεῖν;
Ζεύς. Καταπτάμενος ἐς τὴν Νεμεαν — ἐκεῖ δέ που ὁ Ἄργος βουκολεῖ — ἐκεῖνον μὲν ἀπόκτεινον, τὴν δὲ Ἰὼ διὰ τοῦ πελάγους ἐς τὴν Αἴγυπτον ἀπαγαγὼν, Ἶσιν ποίησον. Καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν ἔστω θεὸς τοῖς ἐκεῖ· καὶ τὸν Νεῖλον ἀναγέτω, καὶ τοὺς ἀνέμους ἐπιπεμπέτω, καὶ σωζέτω τοὺς πλέοντας.

Ζεύς. ὦ Ερμῆ,
οἶσθα
τὴν τοῦ Ἰνάχου παῖδα
τὴν καλὴν;

Ἑρμῆς. Ναί·
λέγεις τὴν Ἰὼ.

Ζεύς. ἐκείνη
οὐκέτι ἐστίν παῖς,
ἀλλὰ δάμαλις.

Ἑρμῆς. τοῦτο τεράστιον ·
τῷ τρόπῳ δε
ἐνηλλάγη;

Ζεύς.  ἡ Ἥρα,
ζηλοτυπήσασα,
μετέβαλεν αὐτήν.
ἀλλα
καὶ ἄλλο τι καινὸν δεινὸν
ἐπιμεμηχάνηται
τῇ κακοδαίμονι·
ἐπέστησεν
βουκόλον τινὰ
πολυόμματον
Ἄργον τοὔνομα,
ὃς
νέμει τὴν δάμαλιν
ὤν ἄϋπνος.

Ἑρμῆς. Τί οὖν
χρὴ
ἡμᾶς ποιεῖν;

Ζεύς. Καταπτάμενος
ἐς τὴν Νεμεαν —
ἐκεῖ δέ που
ὁ Ἄργος βουκολεῖ —
ἀπόκτεινον μὲν
ἐκεῖνον,
ἀπαγαγὼν δὲ
τὴν Ἰὼ
διὰ τοῦ πελάγους
ἐς τὴν Αἴγυπτον,
ποίησον
Ἶσιν.
Καὶ 
ἔστω θεὸς
τοῖς ἐκεῖ
τὸ λοιπὸν·
καὶ ἀναγέτω τὸν Νεῖλον,
καὶ ἐπιπεμπέτω τοὺς ἀνέμους ,
καὶ σωζέτω τοὺς πλέοντας.

Zeus.
The beautiful daughter of Inachus

Τὴν τοῦ Ἰνάχου παῖδα
τὴν καλὴν

do you know her. O Hermes?

οἶσθα, ὦ Ερμῆ;

Hermes.
Yes

Ναί·

you're talking about Io

τὴν Ἰὼ λέγεις.

Zeus.
She is no longer a girl

Οὐκέτι παῖς
ἐκείνη ἐστίν,

but is a heifer

ἀλλὰ δάμαλις.

Hermes.
That's weird

Τεράστιον
τοῦτο·

how did she get changed?

τῷ τρόπῳ δ᾽
ἐνηλλάγη;

Zeus.
Hera got jealous

Ζηλοτυπήσασα
ἡ Ἥρα

and changed her

μετέβαλεν
αὐτήν.

But on top of that

ἀλλα καὶ

she's devised
a new suffering

καινὸν
ἄλλο τι δεινὸν
ἐπιμεμηχάνηται

for the wretched creature

τῇ κακοδαίμονι·

She's appointed
a many-eyed cowherd,
Argus by name

βουκόλον τινὰ
πολυόμματον
Ἄργον τοὔνομα
ἐπέστησεν,

who drives the heifer

ὃς νέμει
τὴν δάμαλιν,

unsleeping as he is

ἄϋπνος ὤν.

Hermes.
So what do we need to do?

Τί οὖν
ἡμᾶς χρὴ ποιεῖν;

Zeus. Fly down to Nemea

Καταπτάμενος
ἐς τὴν Νεμεαν —

for that's where Argus
is herding her

ἐκεῖ δέ που
ὁ Ἄργος βουκολεῖ —

kill him

ἐκεῖνον μὲν
ἀπόκτεινον,

lead Io
across the sea
to Egypt

τὴν δὲ Ἰὼ
διὰ τοῦ πελάγους
ἐς τὴν Αἴγυπτον
ἀπαγαγὼν,

and make her
into Isis

Ἶσιν ποίησον.

And hereafter

Καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν

let her be a goddess
to the people there

ἔστω θεὸς
τοῖς ἐκεῖ·

and let her raise
the Nile

καὶ τὸν Νεῖλον
ἀναγέτω,

and let her send forth
the winds

καὶ τοὺς ἀνέμους
ἐπιπεμπέτω,

and let her
rescue sailors

καὶ σωζέτω
τοὺς πλέοντας.

painting by Jacopo Amigoni

Aeschylus and the Tortoise

Stories and Legends: A First Greek Reader by F. H. Colson. Internet Archive link. This is reading 3 in the Stories and Fables section. There are brief notes for each story and also a vocabulary in the back of the book. The book contains Stories and Fables, Mythology, Athenian Anecdotes, Spartan Anecdotes, Miscellaneous Stories, Alexander Stories, Games and Oracles, and Philosophers: table of contents.

Αἰσχύλιος ὁ ποιητὴς, γέρων γενόμενος, φαλακρὸς ἦν τὴν κεφαλήν. ἐπεὶ δέ ποτε ἐν ἀγρῷ περιεπάτει, ἐπετετο ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ἀετός, χελώνην ἔχων ἐν ταῖς χερσίν. καὶ ὁ ἀετός, θέλων ἐσθίειν τὴν χελώνην, οὐκ ἐδύνατο διὰ τὸ δέρμα. ἰδὼν δὲ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ Αἰσχύλου, λευκὴν οὖσαν, ἐνόμιζε λίθον εἶναι. κατέβαλεν οὖν τὴν χελώνην, βουλόμενος ἐπὶ τῷ λίθῳ ῥηγνύναι τὸ δέρμα. ἡ δὲ χελώνη, ἐπιπεσοῦσα τῇ κεφαλῇ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς, ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτόν.

Αἰσχύλιος
ὁ ποιητὴς,
γενόμενος γέρων,
ἦν φαλακρὸς
τὴν κεφαλήν.

ἐπεὶ δέ ποτε
περιεπάτει ἐν ἀγρῷ ,
ἀετός
ἐπετετο ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ,
ἔχων χελώνην 
ἐν ταῖς χερσίν.

καὶ ὁ ἀετός,
θέλων
ἐσθίειν τὴν χελώνην,
οὐκ ἐδύνατο
διὰ τὸ δέρμα.

ἰδὼν δὲ
τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ Αἰσχύλου,
οὖσαν λευκὴν,
ἐνόμιζε
εἶναι λίθον.
κατέβαλεν οὖν
τὴν χελώνην,
βουλόμενος
ῥηγνύναι τὸ δέρμα
ἐπὶ τῷ λίθῳ.

ἡ δὲ χελώνη,
ἐπιπεσοῦσα
τῇ κεφαλῇ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς,
ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτόν.

Aeschylus the poet

Αἰσχύλιος ὁ ποιητὴς,

having grown old

γέρων γενόμενος,

was bald-headed

φαλακρὸς ἦν
τὴν κεφαλήν.

When he was once
strolling
in the countryside

ἐπεὶ δέ ποτε
ἐν ἀγρῷ περιεπάτει,

an eagle
flew over him

ἐπετετο ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ
ἀετός,

having a tortoise
in its claws

χελώνην ἔχων
ἐν ταῖς χερσίν.

And the eagle

καὶ ὁ ἀετός,

wanting
to eat the tortoise

θέλων ἐσθίειν τὴν χελώνην,

was not able to do so 

οὐκ ἐδύνατο

because of the shell

διὰ τὸ δέρμα.

Having seen
Aeschylus's head

ἰδὼν δὲ τὴν κεφαλὴν
τοῦ Αἰσχύλου,

white as it was

λευκὴν οὖσαν,

the eagle thought
it was a rock

ἐνόμιζε
λίθον εἶναι.

So the eagle
dropped the tortoise

κατέβαλεν οὖν τὴν χελώνην,

intending
 to shatter the shell
on the rock

βουλόμενος
ἐπὶ τῷ λίθῳ
ῥηγνύναι τὸ δέρμα.

And the tortoise 

ἡ δὲ χελώνη,

falling
on the man's head

ἐπιπεσοῦσα

τῇ κεφαλῇ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς,

killed him

ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτόν.

emblem by Otto van Veen

The Theft of Fire

A Greek Reader, by Peter Bullions. Internet Archive link. This is reading 3 in the 7. Miscellaneous Fables. There are notes for each story and also a vocabulary in the back of the book. This book contains the Jacobs readings, followed by Incredible Stories, plus long selections from Isocrates and Xenophanes.

Προμηθεὺς, Ἰαπετοῦ καὶ Ἀσίας υἱὸς, ἔξ ὕδατος καὶ γῆς ἀνθρώπους  πλάσας, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς καὶ πῦρ, λάθρᾳ Διὸς, ἐν νάρθηκι κρύψας. ὡς δὲ ᾔσθετο Ζεύς, ἐπέταξεν Ἡφαίστῳ τῷ Καυκάσῳ ὄρει τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ προσηλῶσαι. Τοῦτο δὲ Σκυθικὸν ὄρος ἐστίν. ἐν δὴ τούτῳ προσηλωθεὶς Προμηθεὺς πολλῶν ἐτῶν ἀριθμὸν διετέλεσε. Καθ᾽ ἑκάστην δὲ ἡμέραν ἀετὸς ἐφιπτάμενος, τὸ ἧπαρ αὐτοῦ ἐνέμετο, αὐξανομένον διὰ νυκτός. Καὶ Προμηθεὺς μὲν πυρὸς κλαπέντος δίκην ἔτινε ταύτην, μέχρις Ἡρακλῆς αὐτὸν  ἔλυσεν.

Προμηθεὺς,
υἱὸς Ἰαπετοῦ καὶ Ἀσίας,
πλάσας ἀνθρώπους
ἔξ ὕδατος καὶ γῆς,
ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς
καὶ πῦρ,
λάθρᾳ Διὸς,
κρύψας
ἐν νάρθηκι .

ὡς δὲ
Ζεύς ᾔσθετο,
ἐπέταξεν Ἡφαίστῳ
προσηλῶσαι
τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ
τῷ Καυκάσῳ ὄρει.

Τοῦτο δὲ
Σκυθικὸν ὄρος ἐστίν.

Προμηθεὺς δὴ,
προσηλωθεὶς
ἐν τούτῳ, 
διετέλεσε
ἀριθμὸν πολλῶν ἐτῶν.

Καθ᾽ ἑκάστην δὲ ἡμέραν
ἀετὸς,
ἐφιπτάμενος,
ἐνέμετο
τὸ ἧπαρ αὐτοῦ,
αὐξανομένον
διὰ νυκτός.

Καὶ Προμηθεὺς μὲν
ἔτινε
ταύτην δίκην
πυρὸς κλαπέντος
μέχρις
Ἡρακλῆς
ἔλυσεν αὐτὸν .

Prometheus

Προμηθεὺς, 

the son of Iapetus and Asia

Ἰαπετοῦ καὶ Ἀσίας
υἱὸς, 

having molded people

from water and earth

ἔξ ὕδατος καὶ γῆς
ἀνθρώπους πλάσας, 

gave them also fire

ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς
καὶ πῦρ, 

unbeknownst to Zeus

λάθρᾳ Διὸς, 

having hidden it

in a fennel stalk

ἐν νάρθηκι
κρύψας. 

But when Zeus

realized this

ὡς δὲ ᾔσθετο
Ζεύς, 

he ordered Hephaestus

ἐπέταξεν Ἡφαίστῳ 

to pin his body

to Mount Caucasus

τῷ Καυκάσῳ ὄρει
τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ
προσηλῶσαι. 

That is

a mountain in Scythia.

Τοῦτο δὲ
Σκυθικὸν ὄρος ἐστίν. 

Pinned there

ἐν δὴ τούτῳ
προσηλωθεὶς 

Prometheus passed

a total of many years

Προμηθεὺς
πολλῶν ἐτῶν ἀριθμὸν
διετέλεσε. 

Each day

Καθ᾽ ἑκάστην δὲ ἡμέραν 

an eagle flew to him

ἀετὸς ἐφιπτάμενος, 

and consumed

his liver

τὸ ἧπαρ αὐτοῦ
ἐνέμετο, 

which grew back

by night

αὐξανομένον
διὰ νυκτός. 

And so Prometheus

paid this penalty

for the theft of fire

Καὶ Προμηθεὺς μὲν
πυρὸς κλαπέντος
δίκην ἔτινε ταύτην, 

until Heracles

freed him

μέχρις Ἡρακλῆς
αὐτὸν ἔλυσεν.

Prometheus by N-S Adam

The Cup of Diogenes

First Greek Reader, by A. H. Bryce. Internet Archive link. This is reading 14 in the Anecdotes section. There are brief notes for each story and also a vocabulary in the back of the book. This book contains Witticism of Hierocles, Anecdotes, Fables of Aesop, and Dialogues of Lucian.

Θεασάμενός ποτε παιδίον ταῖς χερσὶ πῖνον, Διογένης ἐξέρριψε τῆς πήρας τὴν κοτύλην, εἰπων, "Παιδίον με νενίκηκεν εὐτελείᾳ." Ἐξέβαλε δὲ καὶ τὸ τρυβίον, ὁμοίως παιδίον θεασάμενος, ἐπειδὴ κατέαξε τὸ σκεῦος, τῷ κοίλῳ ἄρτῳ τὴν φακῆν ὑποδεχόμενον.

Θεασάμενός ποτε
παιδίον
πῖνον
ταῖς χερσὶ,
Διογένης
ἐξέρριψε
τῆς πήρας
τὴν κοτύλην,
εἰπων,
"Παιδίον
νενίκηκεν με
εὐτελείᾳ."

Ἐξέβαλε δὲ
καὶ τὸ τρυβίον,
ὁμοίως θεασάμενος
παιδίον,
ἐπειδὴ κατέαξε τὸ σκεῦος,
ὑποδεχόμενον
τὴν φακῆν
τῷ κοίλῳ ἄρτῳ.

Having once observed

a child

Θεασάμενός ποτε
παιδίον 

drinking from his hands,

ταῖς χερσὶ
πῖνον, 

Diogenes discarded

Διογένης ἐξέρριψε 

the cup from his sack

τῆς πήρας
τὴν κοτύλην, 

saying

εἰπων, 

"The child

has beaten me in thrift."

"Παιδίον
με νενίκηκεν
εὐτελείᾳ." 

He also threw away

his bowl,

Ἐξέβαλε δὲ 
καὶ τὸ τρυβίον, 

likewise having observed

the child

ὁμοίως
παιδίον θεασάμενος, 

after he had broken

his container

ἐπειδὴ
κατέαξε τὸ σκεῦος, 

taking his lentil-stew

in a hollowed-out

piece of bread

τῷ κοίλῳ ἄρτῳ
τὴν φακῆν
ὑποδεχόμενον.

Diogenes Casting Away His Bowl