An Apple between Folktales, Rumors, and Novellas: Malalas 14.8 and its Oriental Parallels

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The story of the apple repeatedly given from person to person is found in variants ranging as far as India, which shows the flexible usefulness of this edifying tale and complicates tracing it to a particular origin.

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Tommaso Braccini, Università di Torino

Associate Professor, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici

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2018-08-14

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