Editing Allegory (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:Salvator Rosa (Italian) - Allegory of Fortune - Google Art Project.jpg|thumbnail| [[Salvator Rosa]]: ''[[Allegory of Fortune]]'', representing [[Fortuna]], the goddess of luck, with the [[Cornucopia|horn of plenty]]]]

[[File:Pedro I of Brazil and Charles Stuart .jpg|thumb|Allegory of the recognition of the [[Empire of Brazil]] and [[Independence of Brazil|its independence]]. The painting depicts British diplomat [[Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay|Sir Charles Stuart]] presenting his [[letter of credence]] to Emperor [[Pedro I of Brazil]], who is flanked by his wife [[Maria Leopoldina of Austria|Maria Leopoldina]], their daughter Maria da Glória (later Queen [[Maria II of Portugal]]), and other dignitaries. At right, a winged figure, representing [[History]], carving the "great event" on a stone tablet.<ref>{{Cite book|title=''As barbas do imperador: D. Pedro II, um monarca nos trópicos ''|last1=Schwarcz|first1=Lilia Moritz|date=1998|pages = 181|publisher=Companhia das Letras|isbn=85-7164-837-9|edition=|location=São Paulo|oclc=}}</ref>]]

[[File:Marco Marcola - Mitološka alegorija.jpg|thumb| [[Marco Marcola]]: Mythological allegory]]

First attested in English in 1382, the word ''allegory'' comes from [[Latin]] ''allegoria'', the [[latinisation (literature)|latinisation]] of the [[Greek language|Greek]] ἀλληγορία (''allegoría''), "veiled language, figurative",<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Da%29llhgori%2Fa ἀλληγορία], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref> literally "speaking about something else",<ref>{{Cite web |title=Etymology of allegory by etymonline |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/allegory |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=etymonline.com |language=en}}</ref> which in turn comes from ἄλλος (''allos''), "another, different"<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Da%29%2Fllos1 ἄλλος], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref> and ἀγορεύω (''agoreuo''), "to harangue, to speak in the assembly",<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Da%29goreu%2Fw ἀγορεύω], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref> which originates from ἀγορά (''agora''), "assembly".<ref>
[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Da%29gora%2F ἀγορά], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', in the Perseus Digital Library.
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