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The word "myth" comes from the ancient Greek word for "story" or "tale."
Originally, it was understood as a set of absolute ideological truths. Myths long served as the most important source of information about the past, comprising the majority of ancient works.
In other words, "myth" originally signified truth.
However, beginning in the 5th century BC, thanks to the wild imagination of chroniclers, "myth" ceased to carry historical value and acquired a pejorative connotation. It came to denote an unsubstantiated assertion, lacking rigorous proof.
This is how it entered the modern lexicon, primarily associated with the "Myths of Ancient Greece" we all know from school, which were perceived as fairy tales.
Myths were composed not only about gods and heroes, but also about athletes. For example, according to one myth, the founder of the Olympic Games could run a stadium or a stadion on a single breath. That's 192 meters.
There's a myth about Polymnestor of Miletus, a shepherd who once chased and caught a hare right in front of his master. His master sent him to the 46th Olympic Games, where the young man won the stadion race.
And the myth of the Spartan Ladas says that he ran without leaving footprints in the sand.
But among the myths of ancient Greece, not a single one tells us about the harm of running.
Moreover, the first Olympic Games included only running, and it was considered an indicator of the physical development of athletes and warriors.
Myths about the harm of running emerged in the modern world and have nothing to do with either ancient Greece or the original meaning of the word "myth"—that is, with truth.
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