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An apologue or apolog (from the Greek ἀπόλογος, a "statement" or "account") is a brief fable or allegorical story with pointed or exaggerated details, meant to serve as a pleasant vehicle for a moral doctrine or to convey a useful lesson without stating it explicitly. Unlike a fable, the moral is more important than the narrative details.[1] As with the parable, the apologue is a tool of rhetorical argument used to convince or persuade.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Apologue". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 194.
