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|Definition=ἡ, Aeol. and Dor. φάμα, <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>20</span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[a]].<span class="bibl">12</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.10</span>; pseudo-Dor. φήμα <span class="bibl">B.5.194</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Isyll.80</span>: (φημί). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[utterance prompted by the gods]], [[significant]] or [[prophetic saying]], χαῖρε δὲ φήμῃ Ὀδυσσῆος φίλος υἱός <span class="bibl">Od.2.35</span>, ubi v. Sch.; in the prayer of Odysseus to Zeus, φήμην τίς μοι φάσθω <span class="bibl">Od.20.100</span>; folld. by <b class="b3">φήμην δ' ἐξ οἴκοιο γυνὴ προέηκεν ἀλετρίς</b> ib. <span class="bibl">105</span>; [[φ]]. and [[κλεηδών]] are interchanged, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 5.72</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1109</span> sq.; [[φ]]. about a [[τέρας]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.153</span>; εἴτε του θεῶν φήμην ἀκούσας εἴτ' ἀπ' ἀνδρὸς οἶσθα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>43</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">86</span>,<span class="bibl">475</span>(lyr.); <b class="b3">τοῦ ὀνείρου ἡ φ</b>. the [[message]] of the dream, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.43</span>; φ. μαντικαί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 723</span>; φ. θεσφάτων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1150</span>; μάντεων φῆμαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1056</span>. cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span> 180</span> (lyr.); φήμη τις οἴκων ἐν μυχοῖς ἱδρυμένη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>820</span>; φήμας τε καὶ μαντείας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>111b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.21</span>; φήμας καὶ ἐνύπνια καὶ οἰωνούς <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Smp.</span>4.48</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.7.3</span>, etc.; φήμης ἕνεκα [[ominis causa]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>878a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">908a</span>; <b class="b3">τῇ πόλει</b> (sc. Aquileia) ἀετὸς οἴκιζομένῃ τὴν αὑτοῦ φ. χαρίζεται <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.72a</span>; hence, comically, φήμη γ' ὑμῖν ὄρνις ἐστί <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>720</span>; <b class="b3">φ. ἀγαθὴν λέξομεν</b> = [[εὐφημίαν παρέξομεν]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>865</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[report]], [[rumour]], usu. of uncertain and mysterious origin, φήμη οὔ τις πάμπαν ἀπόλλυται, ἥν τινα πολλοὶ λαοὶ φημίξωσι· θεός νύ τίς ἐστι καὶ αὐτή <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>763</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.128</span> (citing <b class="b3">φήμη δ' ἐς στρατὸν ἦλθε</b> as from Il.); <b class="b3">Φήμης βωμός</b> Sch. ad loc., <span class="bibl">Paus.1.17.1</span>; [[common report]], opp. [[συκοφαντία]], <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.145</span>; φάμα δ' ἦλθε κατὰ πτόλιν Sapph. l. c.; ἄμβροτε Φ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>158</span> (lyr.); φ. ἐσέπτατο ἐς τὸ στρατόπεδον <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.100</span>; φ. δημόθρους <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>938</span>; τίν' ἔχων φ. ἀγαθὴν ἥκεις; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1320</span> (anap.); φ. ὑπορρεῖ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>672b</span>; φήμην κατασκεδάσαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ap.</span>18c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[report]] of a man's character, [[repute]], δεινὴν δὲ βροτῶν ὑπαλεύεο φήμην· φ. γάρ τε κακὴ πέλεται, κούφη μὲν ἀεῖραι—ῥεῖα μάλ', ἀργαλέη δὲ φέρειν, χαλεπὴ δ' ἀποθέσθαι <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>760</span>; ὑποδεέστερα τῆς φ. <span class="bibl">Th.1.11</span>; περὶ τὸν τῶν ἀνθρώπων βίον . . καὶ πράξεις ἀψευδής τις πλανᾶται φ. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.127</span>; τοιαύτην φ. σαυτῇ περιφυομένην <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.78</span>: pl., ἐπιφέρειν γυναικείους ἑαυτοῖς φήμας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>935a</span>; ἐπώνυμος ἐν φήμαις βροτῶν <span class="bibl">Antiph.105</span>:—esp. of [[good report]], [[fame]], περιχαρὴς τῇ φ. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.31</span>; κατὰ τὴν εὐλογίαν καὶ τοὺς ἐπαίνους καὶ τὴν φ. <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.134</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.186</span>; ὁ δ' ὄλβιος ὃν φᾶμαι κατέχοντ' ἀγαθαί <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.10</span>: but also φ. πονηραί <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>1045</span>; <b class="b3">αἰσχρὰ φ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">καλὴ δόξα</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc. 1.43</span>; ψευδῆ φ. ὑμνεῖν κατὰ θεῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>822c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>463d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> φᾶμαι [[songs of praise]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.16</span>; φάμα φιλοφόρμιγξ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>697</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>866</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[any voice]] or [[words]], [[speech]], [[saying]], <b class="b3">λόγων φ</b>. poet. periphr. for [[λόγοι]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>846</span> (lyr.); esp. [[common report]], [[tradition]], [[legend]], <b class="b3">ἀλλ' ἔστι φήμη</b> . . <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>760</span>; πολιαὶ φῆμαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>701</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>16c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>713c</span>; αἱ ἀρχαῖαι φ. <span class="bibl">Plb.12.3.2</span>; <b class="b3">μνήμην παρὰ τῆς</b> φήμης λαβών <span class="bibl">Lys.2.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[common report]] or [[parlance]], <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.242</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσους ἡ κοινὴ φ. παραδέδωκεν [θεούς</b>] <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Piet.</span>17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[message]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>741</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1155</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>158</span> (lyr.).</span>