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<b class="b2">Story</b>: P. and V. [[λόγος]], ὁ, [[μῦθος]], ὁ.

<b class="b2">Hearsay</b>: P. [[ἀκοή]], ἡ.

<b class="b2">Memory</b>: P. and V. [[μνήμη]], ἡ.

<b class="b2">Hand down by tradition</b>, v.: P. and V. παραδιδόναι.

<b class="b2">Handing down by tradition</b>: P. [[παράδοσις]], ἡ.

<b class="b2">Those who have received the clearest accounts by tradition from their predecessors</b>: P. οἱ τὰ σαφέστατα... μνήμῃ παρὰ τῶν πρότερον δεδεγμένοι (Thuc. <b class="b2">1, 9</b>).

<b class="b2">The earliest of those whom we know by tradition</b>: P. παλαίτατος ὧν ἀκοῇ ἴσμεν (Thuc. 1, 4).

<b class="b2">The traditions of our fathers, which we possess as a heritage coeval with our years, no reasoning shall overthrow</b>: V. πατρίους παραδοχὰς ἅς θʼ ὁμήλικας χρόνῳ κεκτήμεθ οὐδεὶς αὐτὰ καταβαλεῖ [[λόγος]] (Eur., ''Bacch.'' 201).