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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apologue \Ap"o*logue\, n. [L. apologous Gr ?; ? from + ?
speech, ? to speak: cf F. apologue.]
A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey
some moral truth; a moral fable.
Note: An apologue differs from a parable in this;: the
parable is drawn from events which take place among
mankind, and therefore requires probability in the
narrative; the apologue is founded on supposed actions
of brutes or inanimate things and therefore is not
limited by strict rules of probability. [AE]sop's
fables are good examples of apologues.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
apologue
n : a short moral story (often with animal characters) [syn: {fable},
{parable}, {allegory}]
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