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μυθόομαι
μυθοπλάνος
μυθοπλαστέω
μυθοπλάστης
μυθοπλόκος
μυθοποιέω
μυθοποίημα
μυθοποίησις
μυθοποιία
μυθοποιός
μῦθος
μυθουργέω
μυθούργημα
μυθουργία
μυθύδριον
μυθώδης
μυθωδικός
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μυῖα1
μυία2
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μῦθος
μῦθος, ,
A). word, speech, freq. in Hom. and other Poets, in sg. and pl., ἔπος καὶ μῦθος Od. 11.561 ; opp. ἔργον, μύθων τε ῥητῆρ’ ἔμεναι πρηκτῆρά τε ἔργων Il. 9.443 , cf. 19.242 ; esp. mere word, μύθοισιν, opp. ἔγχεϊ, 18.252 ; ἔργῳ κοὐκέτι μύθῳ A. Pr. 1080 (anap.), etc.:—in special relations:
2). public speech, μ. ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει Od. 1.358 ; μύθοισιν σκολιοῖς Hes. Op. 194 ; μύθου ἐπισχεσίη the submission of a plea, Od. 21.71 ; πρὶν ἂν ἀμφοῖν μ. ἀκούσῃς, οὐκ ἂν δικάσαις Ar. V. 725 ; μύθοισι κεκάσθαι to be skilled in speech, Od. 7.157 .
3). conversation, mostly in pl., 4.214 , 239 , etc.
4). thing said, fact, matter, μῦθον δέ τοι οὐκ ἐπικεύσω ib. 744 ; τὸν ὄντα μ. E. El. 346 ; threat, command, ἠπείλησεν μῦθον Il. 1.388 , cf. 25 , 16.83 ; charge, mission, 9.625 ; counsel, advice, 7.358 .
5). thing thought, unspoken word, purpose, design, 1.545 (pl.); μύθων οὓς μνηστῆρες ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον Od. 4.676 , cf. 777 ; ἔχετ’ ἐν φρεσὶ μῦθον 15.445 ; ἔχε σιγῇ μ., ἐπίτρεψον δὲ θεοῖσι 19.502 , cf. 11.442 ; matter, θεοῖσι μῦθον ἐπιτρέψαι 22.289 ; μῦθον μυθείσθην, τοῦ εἵνεκα λαὸν ἄγειραν the reason why .. , 3.140 .
6). saying, κατὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον μ. Pl. Epin. 980a ; οὐκ ἐμὸς ὁ μ. ἀλλ'. . E. Fr. 484 , cf. Pl. Smp. 177a , Call. Lav.Pall. 56 , Ph. 1.601 , Plu. 2.661a ; saw, proverb, τριγέρων μ. τάδε φωνεῖ A. Ch. 314 (anap.).
7). talk of men, rumour, ἀγγελίαν .. τὰν ὁ μέγας μ. ἀέξει S. Aj. 226 (lyr.), cf. 188 (lyr., pl.), E. IA 72 ; report, message, S. Tr. 67 (pl.), E. Ion 1340 .
II). tale, story, narrative, Od. 3.94 , 4.324 , S. Ant. 11 , etc.: in Hom. like the later λόγος, without distinction of true or false, μ. παιδός of or about 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 like ly story, like lihood, Pl. Ti. 29d : prov., μ. ἀπώλετο, either of a story 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 'that's the end of the story', Phot.
2). fiction (opp. λόγος, historic truth), Pi. O. 1.29 (pl.), N. 7.23 (pl.), Pl. Phd. 61b , Prt. 320c , 324d , etc.
3). generally, fiction, μ. ἴδιοι Phld. Po. 5.5 ; legend, myth, 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.).
4). professed work of fiction, children's story, fable, Pl. R. 377a ; of Aesop's fables, Arist. Mete. 356b11 .
5). plot of a comedy or tragedy, Id. Po. 1449b5 , 1450a4 , 1451a16 .
III). = στάσις , Panyas. in Coll.Alex. p.249 , v.l. in Batr. 135 ; cf. μυθιήτης.


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anything, delivered by word of mouth, word, speech

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μῦθος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">word, speech</span>, freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> and other Poets, in sg. and pl., <span class="quote greek">ἔπος καὶ μῦθος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:561" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.561/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.561 </a> ; opp. <span class="quote greek">ἔργον, μύθων τε ῥητῆρ’ ἔμεναι πρηκτῆρά τε ἔργων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:443" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.443/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.443 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:242" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.242/canonical-url/"> 19.242 </a>; esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mere word</span>, <span class="foreign greek">μύθοισιν</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἔγχεϊ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:252" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.252/canonical-url/"> 18.252 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἔργῳ κοὐκέτι μύθῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1080" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1080/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 1080 </a> (anap.), etc.:—in special relations: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">public speech</span>, <span class="quote greek">μ. ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:358" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.358/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.358 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μύθοισιν σκολιοῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:194" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:194/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 194 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μύθου ἐπισχεσίη</span> the submission of a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plea</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 21.71 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πρὶν ἂν ἀμφοῖν μ. ἀκούσῃς, οὐκ ἂν δικάσαις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:725" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:725/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 725 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μύθοισι κεκάσθαι</span> to be skilled in <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">speech</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:7:157" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:7.157/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 7.157 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">conversation</span>, mostly in pl., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.214/canonical-url/"> 4.214 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:239" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:239/canonical-url/"> 239 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thing said, fact, matter</span>, <span class="foreign greek">μῦθον δέ τοι οὐκ ἐπικεύσω</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:744" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:744/canonical-url/"> 744 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸν ὄντα μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:346" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:346/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 346 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">threat, command</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἠπείλησεν μῦθον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:388" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.388/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.388 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:25/canonical-url/"> 25 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.83/canonical-url/"> 16.83 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">charge, mission</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:625" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.625/canonical-url/"> 9.625 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">counsel, advice</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:358" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.358/canonical-url/"> 7.358 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thing thought, unspoken word, purpose, design</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:545" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.545/canonical-url/"> 1.545 </a> (pl.); <span class="quote greek">μύθων οὓς μνηστῆρες ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:676" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.676/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.676 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:777" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:777/canonical-url/"> 777 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἔχετ’ ἐν φρεσὶ μῦθον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:15:445" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.445/canonical-url/"> 15.445 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔχε σιγῇ μ., ἐπίτρεψον δὲ θεοῖσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:502" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.502/canonical-url/"> 19.502 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:442" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.442/canonical-url/"> 11.442 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">matter</span>, <span class="quote greek">θεοῖσι μῦθον ἐπιτρέψαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22:289" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.289/canonical-url/"> 22.289 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μῦθον μυθείσθην, τοῦ εἵνεκα λαὸν ἄγειραν</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">reason</span> why .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:140" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.140/canonical-url/"> 3.140 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">saying</span>, <span class="quote greek">κατὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg035.perseus-grc1:980a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg035.perseus-grc1:980a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epin.</span> 980a </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οὐκ ἐμὸς ὁ μ. ἀλλ</span>\'. . <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 484 </span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:177a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:177a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 177a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:56" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:56/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lav.Pall.</span> 56 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1:601" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1.601/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 1.601 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.661a </span>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">saw, proverb</span>, <span class="quote greek">τριγέρων μ. τάδε φωνεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:314" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:314/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 314 </a> (anap.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">talk</span> of men, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rumour</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀγγελίαν .. τὰν ὁ μέγας μ. ἀέξει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:226" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:226/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 226 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:188" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:188/canonical-url/"> 188 </a> (lyr., pl.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 72 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">report, message</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 67 </a> (pl.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1340" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1340/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 1340 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tale, story, narrative</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.94 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:324" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.324/canonical-url/"> 4.324 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 11 </a>, etc.: in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> like the later <span class="foreign greek">λόγος</span>, without distinction of true or false, <span class="foreign greek">μ. παιδός</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">about</span> him, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:492" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.492/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.492 </a>: so in Trag., <span class="foreign greek">ἀκούσει μῦθον ἐν βραχεῖ λόγῳ </span>(<span class="foreign greek">χρόνῳ</span> cod. M.) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:713" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:713/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 713 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μύθων τῶν Λιβυστικῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:139:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:139.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 139.1 </a> : in Prose, <span class="foreign greek">τὸν εἰκότα μ.</span> the like ly <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">story</span>, like lihood, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:29d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:29d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 29d </a>: prov., <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἀπώλετο</span>, either of a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">story</span> which never comes to an end, or of one told to those who do not listen, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cratin.</span> 59 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0433.tlg001:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0433.tlg001:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Crates Com.</span> 21 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:164d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:164d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 164d </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:621b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:621b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 621b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:645b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:645b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 645b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:14a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:14a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 14a </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἐσώθη</span> \'that\'s the end of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">story</span>\', <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phot.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fiction</span> (opp. <span class="foreign greek">λόγος</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">historic truth</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 1.29 </a> (pl.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:7.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 7.23 </a> (pl.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:61b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:61b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 61b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:320c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:320c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 320c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:324d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:324d/canonical-url/"> 324d </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fiction</span>, <span class="quote greek">μ. ἴδιοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg290:5:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg290:5.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 5.5 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">legend, myth</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.45 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:330d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:330d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 330d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:636c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:636c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 636c </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ὁ περὶ θεῶν μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:3p.65U" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:3p.65U/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 3p.65U. </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοὺς μ. τοὺς ἐπιχωρίους γέγραφεν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 382.7 </span> (Delos, iii B.C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">professed work of fiction, children\'s story, fable</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:377a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:377a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 377a </a>; of Aesop\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fables</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:356b:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:356b.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 356b11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plot</span> of a comedy or tragedy, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1449b:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1449b.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 1449b5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1450a:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1450a.4/canonical-url/"> 1450a4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1451a:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1451a.16/canonical-url/"> 1451a16 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">στάσις</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Panyas.</span> </span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Coll.Alex.</span> p.249 </span>, v.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:135/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Batr.</span> 135 </a>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">μυθιήτης</span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}