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  "headword": "μῦθος",
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          "definition": "<i>word, speech,</i> freq. in Hom. and other Poets, in sg. and pl., ἔπος καὶ μῦθος Od. 11.561; opp. ἔργον, μύθων τε ῥητῆρʼ ἔμεναι πρηκτῆρά τε ἔργων Il. 9.443, cf. 19.242; esp. <i>mere word,</i> μύθοισιν, opp. ἔγχεϊ, 18.252; ἔργῳ κοὐκέτι μύθῳ A. Pr. 1080 (anap.), etc.:—in special relations:",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἔπος καὶ μῦθος",
                "ref": "Od. 11.561",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἔργον, μύθων τε ῥητῆρʼ ἔμεναι πρηκτῆρά τε ἔργων",
                "ref": "Il. 9.443",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.443"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91918",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἔργῳ κοὐκέτι μύθῳ",
                "ref": "A. Pr. 1080",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc2:1080"
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>public speech,</i> μ. ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει Od. 1.358; μύθοισιν σκολιοῖς Hes. Op. 194; μύθου ἐπισχεσίη the submission of a <i>plea,</i> Od. 21.71; πρὶν ἂν ἀμφοῖν μ. ἀκούσῃς, οὐκ ἂν δικάσαις Ar. V. 725; μύθοισι κεκάσθαι to be skilled in <i>speech,</i> Od. 7.157.",
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                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91919",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μ. ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει",
                        "ref": "Od. 1.358",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.358"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91920",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μύθοισιν σκολιοῖς",
                        "ref": "Hes. Op. 194",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc2:194"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91921",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πρὶν ἂν ἀμφοῖν μ. ἀκούσῃς, οὐκ ἂν δικάσαις",
                        "ref": "Ar. V. 725",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc2:725"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>conversation,</i> mostly in pl., 4.214, 239, etc.",
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                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>thing said, fact, matter,</i> μῦθον δέ τοι οὐκ ἐπικεύσω ib. 744; τὸν ὄντα μ. E. El. 346; <i>threat, command,</i> ἠπείλησεν μῦθον Il. 1.388, cf. 25, 16.83; <i>charge, mission,</i> 9.625; <i>counsel, advice,</i> 7.358.",
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                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91922",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὸν ὄντα μ.",
                        "ref": "E. El. 346",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc2:346"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91923",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἠπείλησεν μῦθον",
                        "ref": "Il. 1.388",
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                    }
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                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>thing thought, unspoken word, purpose, design,</i> 1.545 (pl.); μύθων οὓς μνηστῆρες ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον Od. 4.676, cf. 777; ἔχετʼ ἐν φρεσὶ μῦθον 15.445; ἔχε σιγῇ μ., ἐπίτρεψον δὲ θεοῖσι 19.502, cf. 11.442; <i>matter,</i> θεοῖσι μῦθον ἐπιτρέψαι 22.289; μῦθον μυθείσθην, τοῦ εἵνεκα λαὸν ἄγειραν the <i>reason</i> why . . , 3.140.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91924",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μύθων οὓς μνηστῆρες ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον",
                        "ref": "Od. 4.676",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.676"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91925",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἔχετʼ ἐν φρεσὶ μῦθον",
                        "ref": "15.445",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.445"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91926",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἔχε σιγῇ μ., ἐπίτρεψον δὲ θεοῖσι",
                        "ref": "19.502",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.502"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91927",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "θεοῖσι μῦθον ἐπιτρέψαι",
                        "ref": "22.289",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.289"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>saying,</i> κατὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον μ. Pl. Epin. 980a; οὐκ ἐμὸς ὁ μ. ἀλλʼ . . E. Fr. 484, cf. Pl. Smp. 177a, Call. Lav.Pall. 56, Ph. 1.601, Plu. QConv. 2.661a; <i>saw, proverb,</i> τριγέρων μ. τάδε φωνεῖ A. Ch. 314 (anap.).",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91928",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κατὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον μ.",
                        "ref": "Pl. Epin. 980a",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg035.perseus-grc2:980a"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91929",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τριγέρων μ. τάδε φωνεῖ",
                        "ref": "A. Ch. 314",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc2:314"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "7",
                  "definition": "<i>talk</i> of men, <i>rumour,</i> ἀγγελίαν . . τὰν ὁ μέγας μ. ἀέξει S. Aj. 226 (lyr.), cf. 188 (lyr., pl.), E. IA 72; <i>report, message,</i> S. Tr. 67 (pl.), E. Ion 1340.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91930",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀγγελίαν . . τὰν ὁ μέγας μ. ἀέξει",
                        "ref": "S. Aj. 226",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc2:226"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>tale, story, narrative,</i> Od. 3.94, 4.324, S. Ant. 11, etc.: in Hom. like the later λόγος, without distinction of true or false, μ. παιδός <i>of</i> or <i>about</i> him, Od. 11.492: so in Trag., ἀκούσει μῦθον ἐν βραχεῖ λόγῳ ( χρόνῳ cod. M.) A. Pers. 713; μύθων τῶν Λιβυστικῶν Id. Fr. 139.1: in Prose, τὸν εἰκότα μ. the likely <i>story,</i> likelihood, Pl. Ti. 29d: prov., μ. ἀπώλετο, either of a <i>story</i> which never comes to an end, or of one told to those who do not listen, Cratin. 59, Crates Com. 21, Pl. Tht. 164d, cf. R. 621b, Lg. 645b, Phlb. 14a; μ. ἐσώθη ‘thatʼs the end of the <i>story’,</i> Phot.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91931",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "μύθων τῶν Λιβυστικῶν",
                    "ref": "Id. Fr. 139.1",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008.perseus-grc2:139.1"
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                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>fiction</i> (opp. λόγος, <i>historic truth</i>), Pi. O. 1.29 (pl.), N. 7.23 (pl.), Pl. Phd. 61b, Prt. 320c, 324d, etc.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>fiction,</i> μ. ἴδιοι Phld. Po. 5.5; <i>legend, myth,</i> Hdt. 2.45, Pl. R. 330d, Lg. 636c, etc.; ὁ περὶ θεῶν μ. Epicur. Ep. 3p.65U.; τοὺς μ. τοὺς ἐπιχωρίους γέγραφεν SIG 382.7 ( Delos, iii B.C.).",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91932",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μ. ἴδιοι",
                        "ref": "Phld. Po. 5.5",
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                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91933",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὁ περὶ θεῶν μ.",
                        "ref": "Epicur. Ep. 3p.65U.",
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                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-91934",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τοὺς μ. τοὺς ἐπιχωρίους γέγραφεν",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>professed work of fiction, childrenʼs story, fable,</i> Pl. R. 377a; of Aesopʼs <i>fables,</i> Arist. Mete. 356b11.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>plot</i> of a comedy or tragedy, Id. Po. 1449b5, 1450a4, 1451a16.",
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                  "citations": [],
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                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Panyas. in Coll.Alex. p.249, v.l. in Batr. 135; cf. μυθιήτης.",
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