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. IG3.768a.
3. παραμύθια πλησμονῆς stimulants of a sated appetite, Pl.Criti.115b.