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

• ταῦτά μοι κατὰ τὸν Μῶμον εἰσ ἐμαυτὸν ἀπεσκώφθω, καὶ μὰ τὸν Δί’ οὐκ ἂν ἔτι ἐπαγάγοιμι τὸ ἐπιμύθιον ὁρᾶτε γὰρ ἤδη καθ’ ὅ τι τῷ μύθῳ ἐοίκα. (Lucian, (no name) 8:1)
• ὅπερ, οἶμαι, καὶ Ὅμηροσ ἐν τῷ περὶ Σειρήνων μύθῳ ᾐνίξατο παραπλεῖν κελεύσασ τὰσ ὀλεθρίουσ ταύτασ τῶν ἀκουσμάτων ἡδονὰσ καὶ ἀποφράττειν τὰ ὦτα καὶ μὴ ἀνέδην αὐτὰ ἀναπεταννύειν τοῖσ πάθει προειλημμένοισ, ἀλλ’ ἐπιστήσαντα ἀκριβῆ θυρωρὸν τὸν λογισμὸν ἅπασι τοῖσ λεγομένοισ τὰ μὲν ἄξια προσίεσθαι καὶ παραβάλλεσθαι, τὰ φαῦλα δ’ ἀποκλείειν καὶ ἀπωθεῖν· (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 30:2)
• ἐν δεξιᾷ μὲν οὖν εἰσιόντι Ἀργολικῷ μύθῳ ἀναμέμικται πάθοσ Αἰθιοπικὸν ὁ Περσεὺσ τὸ κῆτοσ φονεύει καὶ τὴν Ἀνδρομέδαν καθαιρεῖ, καὶ μετὰ μικρὸν γαμήσει καὶ ἄπεισιν αὐτὴν ἄγων πάρεργον τοῦτο τῆσ ἐπὶ Γοργόνασ πτήσεωσ. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 22:1)
• ἀνάγκην ἐξηγούμεθα καὶ μισοῦσί τε ἅμα καὶ ἐπιβουλεύουσιν ἀνθρώποισ σύνεσμεν, ὅπου μηδὲ τῶν μορμολυκείων ‐ ὄφελόσ τι ἡμῖν γίγνεται, ἀλλὰ τῷ περὶ τῆσ Ὕδρασ μύθῳ τὸ πρᾶγμα ἐοίκεν· (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 8:3)
• βούλεσθε οὖν ἤδη ἐπαγάγω τῷ μύθῳ τὸ τέλοσ, ὡσ μὴ ἀκέφαλοσ περινοστοίη; (Lucian, Scytha 18:1)

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