μῦθος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[word]], [[speech]], freq. in Hom. and other Poets, in sg. and pl., ἔπος καὶ μῦθος Od.11.561; opp. [[ἔργον]], μύθων τε ῥητῆρ' ἔμεναι πρηκτῆρά τε ἔργων Il.9.443, cf. 19.242; esp. [[mere]] [[word]], [[μύθοισιν]], opp. [[ἔγχεϊ]], 18.252; ἔργῳ κοὐκέτι μύθῳ [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''1080 (anap.), etc.:—in special relations:<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[public speech]], μ. ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει Od.1.358; μύθοισιν σκολιοῖς Hes.''Op.''194; [[μύθου ἐπισχεσίη]] the [[submission]] of a [[plea]], Od.21.71; πρὶν ἂν ἀμφοῖν μ. ἀκούσῃς, οὐκ ἂν δικάσαις Ar.''V.''725; [[μύθοισι κεκάσθαι]] to be skilled in [[speech]], Od.7.157.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[conversation]], mostly in plural, 4.214,239, etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[thing said]], [[fact]], [[matter]], μῦθον δέ τοι οὐκ ἐπικεύσω ib.744; τὸν ὄντα μ. E.''El.''346; [[threat]], [[command]], ἠπείλησεν μῦθον Il.1.388, cf. 25, 16.83; [[charge]], [[mission]], 9.625; [[counsel]], [[advice]], 7.358.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[thing thought]], [[unspoken word]], [[purpose]], [[design]], 1.545 (pl.); μύθων οὓς μνηστῆρες ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον Od.4.676, cf.777; ἔχετ' ἐν φρεσὶ μῦθον 15.445; ἔχε σιγῇ μ., ἐπίτρεψον δὲ θεοῖσι 19.502, cf. 11.442; [[matter]], θεοῖσι μῦθον ἐπιτρέψαι 22.289; μῦθον μυθείσθην, τοῦ εἵνεκα λαὸν ἄγειραν = the [[reason]] why... 3.140.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[saying]], κατὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον μ. Pl.''Epin.''980a; οὐκ ἐμὸς ὁ μ. ἀλλ'… E.''Fr.''484, cf. Pl.''Smp.''177a, Call.''Lav.Pall.''56, Ph.1.601, Plu. 2.661a; [[saw]], [[proverb]], τριγέρων μ. τάδε φωνεῖ A.''Ch.''314 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[talk]] of men, [[rumour]], ἀγγελίαν… τὰν ὁ μέγας μ. ἀέξει [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''226 (lyr.), cf. 188 (lyr., pl.), E.''IA''72; [[report]], [[message]], S.''Tr.''67 (pl.), E.''Ion'' 1340.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[tale]], [[story]], [[narrative]], Od.3.94, 4.324, S.''Ant.''11, etc.: in Hom. like the later [[λόγος]], without [[distinction]] of [[true]] or [[false]], μῦθος παιδός of or about him, Od.11.492: so in Trag., ἀκούσει μῦθον ἐν βραχεῖ λόγῳ ([[χρόνῳ]] cod. M.) = the complete story that you will hear in a short time of time [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''713; μύθων τῶν Λιβυστικῶν Id.''Fr.''139.1: in Prose, [[τὸν εἰκότα μῦθον]] = the [[likely]] [[story]], [[likelihood]], Pl.''Ti.''29d: [[proverb|prov.]], [[μῦθος ἀπώλετο]], the [[tale]] was brought to [[naught]] (either of a [[story]] which never comes to an [[end]], or of one told to those who do not [[listen]]), Cratin.59, Crates Com.21, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]'' 164d, cf. ''R.''621b, ''Lg.''645b, ''Phlb.''14a; [[μῦθος ἐσώθη]] '[[that's the end of the story]]', Phot.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fiction]] (opp. [[λόγος]], [[historic]] [[truth]]), Pi.''O.''1.29 (pl.), ''N.''7.23 (pl.), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]''61b, ''Prt.''320c, 324d, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[fiction]], μ. ἴδιοι Phld.''Po.''5.5; [[legend]], [[myth]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.45, Pl.''R.''330d, ''Lg.'' 636c, etc.; ὁ περὶ θεῶν μ. Epicur.''Ep.''3p.65U.; τοὺς μ. τοὺς ἐπιχωρίους γέγραφεν ''SIG''382.7 (Delos, iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[profess]]ed [[work]] of [[fiction]], [[children's story]], [[fable]], Pl.''R.''377a; of [[Aesop]]'s [[fable]]s, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''356b11.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[plot]] of a [[comedy]] or [[tragedy]], Id.''Po.''1449b5, 1450a4, 1451a16.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[στάσις]], Panyas. in ''Coll.Alex.''p.249, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Batr. 135; cf. [[μυθιήτης]].