Didactic refers to a work of art intended to instruct, and sometimes, to be morally instructive. "Didaktikos" is a Greek word that means "apt at teaching;" or "to teach." A work of art that is didactic teaches, edifies, educates, illuminates and instructs. It is meant to be instructive, informative, academic, enlightening, pedantic, scholastic as well as artistic or creative, imaginative, inventive, original and inspiring. In essence, its aesthetic purity is unparalleled.