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Allegory of the Cave

allegory by Plato
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Allegory of the Cave
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Allegory of the Cave

Summary

Allegory of the Cave is an allegory[1]. It draws 10,660 Wikipedia views per month (allegory category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Allegory of the Cave authored Plato[3].
  • Allegory of the Cave's instance of is recorded as allegory[4].
  • Allegory of the Cave's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Allegory of the Cave's genre is parable[6].
  • Allegory of the Cave's genre is allegory[7].
  • Allegory of the Cave's place of publication is recorded as Ancient Greece[8].
  • Allegory of the Cave's Commons category is recorded as Allegory of the cave[9].
  • Allegory of the Cave was published on 400 BC[10].
  • Allegory of the Cave's facet of is recorded as Platonic philosophy[11].
  • Allegory of the Cave's facet of is recorded as Platonism[12].
  • Allegory of the Cave's described by source is recorded as The Republic[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include allegory[4] and literary work[5].

Why It Matters

Allegory of the Cave draws 10,660 Wikipedia views per month (allegory category, ranking #1 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

literary work Plato The Republic

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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