παραμύθιον

paramythion

address, exhortation

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 7
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Book I 1
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632e5
Book IV 2
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704d8
705a8
Book VI 1
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773e5
Book IX 1
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880a7
Book X 1
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885b3
Book XI 1
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923c2
Critias 1
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115b4
Euthydemus 1
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272b8
Phaedrus 1
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240d4
Republic 1
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Book I 1
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329e5

Dictionary (LSJ)

παραμύθιον, τό, A. address, exhortation, Pl. Lg. 773e, 880a (both pl.); encouragement, τοῦ μὴ φοβεῖσθαι Id. Euthd. 272b. 2. assuagement, abatement of, καμάτων S. El. 130 (lyr.) ; πυρσῶν of the fires of love, Theoc. 23.7 ; ἐλπὶς κινδύνῳ π. οὖσα Th. 5.103 ; παραμύθια ποιήσασθαι τῆς ὁδοῦ Pl. Lg. 632e, cf. 704d ; τοῖς γὰρ πλουσίοις πολλὰ π. φασιν εἶναι many consolations, Id. R. 329e, cf. Phdr. 240d, Phld. Mort. 19 ; λύπης παραμύθιον Epigr.Gr. 298.7 (Teos), cf. IG 3.768a. 3. παραμύθια πλησμονῆς stimulants of a sated appetite, Pl. Criti. 115b.

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