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