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μυθολόγος

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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

German (Pape)

[Seite 215] der Fabeln, Götter- od. Sagengeschichten erzählt, καὶ ποιητής, Plat. Rep. III, 398 b; Legg. II, 664 d; Sp., wie Plut.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μυθολόγος: ὁ, ὁ διηγούμενος μύθους, μνημονεύων ἀρχαίας παραδόσεις, συνάπτεται μετὰ τοῦ ποιητής, Πλάτ. Πολ. 392D, 398Β· λεγόμενον περὶ τοῦ Ἡροδ. ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀριστ., π. Ζ. Γεν. 3. 5, 16· - ὡς ἐπίθ., ᾠδαὶ μ. Πλάτ. Νόμ. 664D. ΙΙ. φλύαρος ἄνθρωπος, λάλος, Μανέθων 4. 445.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
qui compose des fables, mythologue.
Étymologie: μῦθος, λέγω³.