"allegory" = parable

[Jonathan Lighter]

The History Channel's show on Beowulf (2009) explains that the dragon
epsiode is "an allegory about the dangers of greed."

Maybe "allegory" sounds right to  I presume millions because only Jesus
tells "parables."

JL

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"There You Go Again...Using Reason on the Planet of the Duck-Billed
Platypus"

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