Sense

1. something said: word, speech, conversation
2. public speech
3. (mostly in plural) talk, conversation
4. advice, counsel, command, order, promise
5. the subject of a speech or talk
6. a resolve, purpose, design, plan
7. saying, proverb
8. the talk of men, rumor, report, message
9. tale, story, narrative
10. tale, legend, myth
11. a professed work of fiction, fable, such as those of Aesop

Examples

• ὅτε ὁ Διόνυσοσ ἐπ’ Ἰνδοὺσ στρατιὰν ἤλασε ‐ ‐ κωλύει γὰρ οὐδέν, οἶμαι, καὶ μῦθον ὑμῖν διηγήσασθαι Βακχικὸν ‐ φασὶν οὕτω καταφρονῆσαι αὐτοῦ τὰ πρῶτα τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ τοὺσ ἐκεῖ, ὥστε καταγελᾶν ἐπιόντοσ, μᾶλλον δὲ ἐλεεῖν τὴν τόλμαν αὐτίκα μάλα συμπατηθησομένου ὑπὸ τῶν ἐλεφάντων, εἰ ἀντιτάξαιτο· (Lucian, (no name) 1:1)
• κἀγὼ τὸν μῦθον διηγούμην αὐτοῖσ, Φαέθοντα γενέσθαι Ἡλίου παῖδα, καὶ τοῦτον ἐσ ἡλικίαν ἐλθόντα αἰτῆσαι παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἐλάσαι τὸ ἁρ́μα, ὡσ ποιήσειε καὶ αὐτὸσ μίαν ἡμέραν, τὸν δὲ δοῦναι, τὸν δὲ ἀπολέσθαι ἐκδιφρευθέντα, καὶ τὰσ ἀδελφὰσ αὐτοῦ πενθούσασ ἐνταῦθά που, ἔφην, παρ’ ὑμῖν, ἵναπερ καὶ κατέπεσεν, ἐπὶ τῷ Ἠριδανῷ, αἰγείρουσ γενέσθαι καὶ δακρύειν ἔτι ἐπ’ αὐτῷ τὸ ἤλεκτρον, τίσ ταῦτά σοι, ἔφασκον, διηγήσατο ἀπατεὼν καὶ ψευδολόγοσ ἄνθρωποσ; (Lucian, Electrum, (no name) 2:4)
• οἱ δὲ τάδε ἀγνοέοντεσ Ηἐλίου παῖδα Φαέθοντα δοκέουσιν καὶ μῦθον ἐπ’ αὐτέῳ οὐδαμὰ πιστὸν διηγέονται. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 19:1)
• χειρῶν μειδιόωντα δίκησ προπάροιθεν ἑλοῦσα τοῖον Ἀλεξάνδρῳ μυθήσατο μῦθον Ἀθήνη· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 169)
• φησὶ δέ, μήτε δίκην δικάσῃσ, πρίν ἄμφω μῦθον ἀκούσῃσ. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 8:9)

Similar forms

• μῦθον (396)
• μῦθος (160)
• μύθους (102)
• μύθοις (79)
• μύθου (60)
• μῦθοι (32)
• μύθοισι (22)
• μῦθός (14)
• μῦθόν (8)
• μῦθοί (7)
• μύθοιο (4)
• μύθοισί (1)
• μύθοι (1)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary