μῦθος, ὁ,
word, speech, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] and other Poets, in singular and plural, ἔπος καὶ μῦθος [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.561; opposed to ἔργον, μύθων τε ῥητῆρ᾽ ἔμεναι πρηκτῆρά τε ἔργων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.443, compare 19.242 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially mere word, μύθοισιν, opposed to ἔγχεϊ,[[ 18.252; ἔργῳ κοὐκέτι μύθῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1080 (_anapaest meter_), etc.:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —in special relations:
__2 public speech, μ. ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.358; μύθοισιν σκολιοῖς 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 194 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μύθου ἐπισχεσίη the submission of a plea, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.71; πρὶν ἂν ἀμφοῖν μ. ἀκούσῃς, οὐκ ἂν δικάσαις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 725 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μύθοισι κεκάσθαι to be skilled in speech, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.157. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 conversation, mostly in plural, [[ 4.214, 239, etc. ] Refs]
__4 thing said, fact, matter, μῦθον δέ τοι οὐκ ἐπικεύσω[[ [prev. work] 744; τὸν ὄντα μ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 346 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; threat, command, ἠπείλησεν μῦθον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.388, compare 25, 16.83 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; charge, mission, [[ 9.625 ] Refs]; counsel, advice, [[ 7.358. ] Refs]
__5 thing thought, unspoken word, purpose, design, 1.545 (plural); μύθων οὓς μνηστῆρες ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.676, compare 777; ἔχετ᾽ ἐν φρεσὶ μῦθον 15.445; ἔχε σιγῇ μ., ἐπίτρεψον δὲ θεοῖσι 19.502, compare 11.442 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; matter, θεοῖσι μῦθον ἐπιτρέψαι [[ 22.289 ] Refs]; μῦθον μυθείσθην, τοῦ εἵνεκα λαὸν ἄγειραν the reason why.., [[ 3.140. ] Refs]