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  • Jillifish
    Middle English allegorie, from Latin all?goria, from Greek, from all?gorein, to interpret allegorically : allos, other + agoreuein, to speak publicly (from agora, marketplace). (source The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition) "Allegory" ultimately comes from the Greek words for "other speaking" (ie, figurative language); "parable", from the Greek "placing side by side" (ie, comparison). (source http://www.yaelf.com/swot.shtml)
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