μυθολογέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[tell mythic tales]], such as those of [[Homer]], Isoc.6.24, Pl.''R.''392b, Longin.34.2; πολλὰ τοιαῦτα μ. Pl.''Grg.''493d: followed by a Relat., <b class="b3">μυθολογέω ὡς</b>… X.''Smp.''8.28; <b class="b3">μυθολογέω ὅτι</b>… Hp.''Art.''53.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., [[tell as a legend]] or [[mythic tale]], μυθολογέω τοὺς πολέμους τῶν ἡμιθέων Isoc.2.49: c. inf., of an animal, <b class="b3">ὃν… μυθολογοῦσι γενέσθαι ἐκ πυρκαϊᾶς</b> which they [[fable]], [[fabulously report]] to [[derive]] its [[birth]], Arist.''HA''609b10; <b class="b3">καθάπερ καὶ τὸν Μίδαν… μυθολογοῦσι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἀπολέσθαι]]) Id.''Pol.''1257b16, cf. 1274a39:—Pass., <b class="b3">οἷαι μυθολογοῦνται παλαιαὶ γενέσθαι φύσεις</b> such as they are [[fable]]d to have been, Pl.''R.''588c, cf. Arist.''HA''617a5: impers., <b class="b3">μυθολογεῖται… τοὺς Ἀργοναύτας τὸν Ἡρακλέα καταλιπεῖν</b> [[the legend goes]] that... Id.''Pol.''1284a22; μυθολογέω περὶ τῆς ζωῆς ὡς ὂν μακρόβιον Id.''HA''578b23: abs., [[become mythical]], D.60.9, etc.; [[τὰ μυθολογούμενα]] = [[fabulous tales]], Arist.''HA''578b24, cf. Pl.''R.''378e.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[invent like a mythical tale]], [[μυθολογέω πολιτείαν]] = [[frame an imaginary constitution]], ib. 501e.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[tell stories]], [[converse]], περί τινος Id.''Phd.''61e, ''Phdr.'' 276e.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[relate]], generally with a notion of [[exaggeration]], <b class="b3">[Αἴσωπος] ἐμυθολόγησεν ὡς</b>… [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''356b12, cf. Nymphod.12; <b class="b3">τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων καλά</b> Polydeuces ap. Philostr.''VS''2.12.2.