# Classical Mythology Unbound

- By: Jessica Mellenthin and Susan O. Shapiro
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Religious_Studies/Classical_Mythology_Unbound_(Mellenthin_and_Shapiro))
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/human-15334/pdf

Today people often use the word “myth” to mean an untrue story or false rumor. For example, if one person asked, “Is Friday the 13th an unlucky day?” another person might answer, “No, that is just a myth.” But the ancient Greeks did not use the word mythos (μῦθος) in this way. For the Greeks, a mythos was simply a story.