(lyr.), cf. 188 (lyr., pl.), E. IA 72 ;report, message, S. Tr. 67 (pl.), E. Ion 1340 .
II. tale, story, narrative, Od. 3.94 , 4.324 , S. Ant. 11 , etc.: in Hom.
likethe laterλόγος, without distinction of true or false,μ. παιδός oforabouthim, Od. 11.492 : so in Trag.,ἀκούσει μῦθον ἐν βραχεῖ λόγῳ(χρόνῳcod. M.) A. Pers. 713 ; μύθων τῶν Λιβυστικῶν
Id. Fr. 139.1
: in Prose,τὸν εἰκότα μ.thelikelystory,likelihood, Pl. Ti. 29d : prov.,μ. ἀπώλετο, either of astorywhich never comes to an end, or of one told to those who do not listen, Cratin. 59 , Crates Com. 21 , Pl. Tht. 164d , cf. R. 621b , Lg. 645b , Phlb. 14a ;μ. ἐσώθη'that's the end of thestory', Phot.
2. fiction(opp.λόγος,historic truth), Pi. O. 1.29 (pl.), N. 7.23 (pl.), Pl. Phd. 61b , Prt. 320c , 324d , etc.
3. generally,fiction, μ. ἴδιοι
Phld. Po. 5.5
;legend, myth, 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.).
4. professed work of fiction, children's story, fable, Pl. R. 377a ; of Aesop'sfables, Arist. Mete. 356b11 .
5. plotof a comedy or tragedy, Id. Po. 1449b5 , 1450a4 , 1451a16 .
