μυθολογέω
τῶν δ᾽ ὀρθουμένων σῴζει τὰ πολλὰ σώμαθ᾽ ἡ πειθαρχία → But of those who make it through, following orders is what saves most of their lives (Sophocles, Antigone 675f.)
English (LSJ)
A tell mythic tales, such as those of Homer, Isoc.6.24, Pl.R.392b, Longin.34.2; πολλὰ τοιαῦτα μ. Pl.Grg.493d: folld. by a Relat., μ. ὡς . . X.Smp.8.28; μ. ὅτι . . Hp.Art.53. 2 c. acc., tell as a legend or mythic tale, μ. τοὺς πολέμους τῶν ἡμιθέων Isoc.2.49: c. inf., of an animal, ὃν . . μυθολογοῦσι γενέσθαι ἐκ πυρκαϊᾶς which they fable, fabulously report to derive its birth, Arist.HA609b10; καθάπερ καὶ τὸν Μίδαν . . μυθολογοῦσι (sc. ἀπολέσθαι) Id.Pol.1257b16, cf. 1274a39:—Pass., οἷαι μυθολογοῦνται παλαιαὶ γενέσθαι φύσεις such as they are fabled to have been, Pl.R.588c, cf. Arist.HA617a5: impers., μυθολογεῖται . . τοὺς Ἀργοναύτας τὸν Ἡρακλέα καταλιπεῖν the legend goes that... Id.Pol.1284a22; μ. περὶ τῆς ζωῆς ὡς ὂν μακρόβιον Id.HA578b23: abs., become mythical, D.60.9, etc.; τὰ μυθολογούμενα fabulous tales, Arist.HA578b24, cf. Pl.R.378e. II invent like a mythical tale, μ. πολιτείαν frame an imaginary constitution, ib. 501e. III tell stories, converse, περί τινος Id.Phd.61e, Phdr. 276e. IV relate, generally with a notion of exaggeration, [Αἴσωπος] ἐμυθολόγησεν ὡς . . Arist.Mete.356b12, cf. Nymphod.12; τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων καλά Polydeuces ap. Philostr.VS2.12.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 214] = Vorigem, bes. fabelhafte Geschichten erzählen; πολέμους, vom Homer, Isocr. 2, 19; καὶ ᾄδειν, Plat. Rep. II, 392 b, vgl. 380; γιγαντομαχίας τε μυθολογητέον αὐτοῖς καὶ ποικιλτέον, 378 c; auch übh. ausführlich sprechen worüber, gew. mit dem Nebenbegriffe des fabelhaften Ausdruckes od. der schwatzhaften Breite, διασκοπεῖν τε καὶ μυθολογεῖν περὶ τῆς ἀποδημίας, Phaed. 61 e, vgl. Phaedr. 276 e; πολιτείαν λόγῳ, erdichten, Rep. VI, 501 e; οὔπω μεμυθολόγηται, οὐδ' εἰς τὴν ἡρωϊκὴν ἐπανῆκται τάξιν, Dem. 60, 9; τὰ περὶ θεῶν μυθολογούμενα, D. Sic. 2, 1, u. öfter bei Sp., die auch das med. brauchen.
