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Does that make a difference? Is the lesson contained in the tale any less valuable if the incident never actually took place?
And the simple question is NO. Does it matter that the Hare and the Tortoise never raced? No. What is important is the "moral" that the parable is conveying. Jesus never said that his parables were based in reality, but the lessons were just as important.
Also, proof that those historic figures lived in no way supports the actions attributed to them. In the same way, the presence of Rome in the Middle Ages does not support the story of Romeo and Juliet.
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