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This exhibit not so much answers these questions as it provides an accessible and viable means to address these and countless other issues about Fifth Century Athens and Greece. Gregory Crane, Associate Professor of Classics, has organized the two-room exhibit of ancient pots, coins, weapons and everyday objects with one very non-ancient device: Perseus, a computer database that sits calmly in the form of two Macintoshes beside the exhibited objects in the galleries...
...Crane incorporates this method into his core class, "Classical Greek Literature and 5th Century Athens;" this teaching technique integrates the artistic and archaeological records with the literary ones. Rather than imposing a dogmatic approach and theory on this material, Crane's overall objective is to motivate any museum visitor to use the information: "...to reorganize from bottom up, what issues we are addressing...to change the possibilities" of study...
...Crane is particularly happy at the response from the latter, and continues to introduce Perseus to that audience. Dozens of high schools already have test copies, and next month Crane will address a conference for this purpose...
...Crane points to the differences in the meaning of "respect" as an example: respect for people and respect for Gods are two different words in Greek; furthermore, "respect" for a king connotes servility. Perseus makes word derivations far more available to the student, thereby radically changing another logistical problem formally intrinsic to this kind of study...
Although the Fogg show marks Perseus's completion as a database, Crane plans to expand beyond Harvard. Perseus has been published by Yale University Press, and will be marketed shortly. While Crane recognizes that Perseus will not be widely distributed for a while, he is encouraged by the enthusiastic response from other universities and high schools...