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      Ὤδινεν ὄρος, Ζεὺς δ' ἐφοβεῖτο, τὸ δ' ἔτεκεν μῦν → The mountain was in labor—even Zeus was afraid—but gave birth to a mouse
      Theopompus, Sotades, etc

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      substantive

      story: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, μῦθος, ὁ.

      hearsay: P. ἀκοή, ἡ.

      memory: P. and V. μνήμη, ἡ.

      hand down by tradition, v.: P. and V. παραδιδόναι.

      handing down by tradition: P. παράδοσις, ἡ.

      those who have received the clearest accounts by tradition from their predecessors: P. οἱ τὰ σαφέστατα… μνήμῃ παρὰ τῶν πρότερον δεδεγμένοι (Thuc. 1, 9).

      the earliest of those whom we know by tradition: P. παλαίτατος ὧν ἀκοῇ ἴσμεν (Thuc. 1, 4).

      the traditions of our fathers, which we possess as a heritage coeval with our years, no reasoning shall overthrow: V. πατρίους παραδοχὰς ἅς θ' ὁμήλικας χρόνῳ κεκτήμεθ οὐδεὶς αὐτὰ καταβαλεῖ λόγος (Euripides, Bacchae 201).

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