apologue, parable, fable, allegorism, alethiology, tropology, alethology, logos, rhetorical, anagoge, more...

literal, factual, true

political, moral, religious, christian, historical, medieval, beautiful, national, mere, elaborate, famous

hidden meanings,   visual metaphor,   ironic metaphor,   open interpretation,   deeper meanings,   virgil figure,   hidden symbolic,   metaphysical symbol,   through story,   plato's cave