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Although the centrality of the exhibited objects should not be ignored, the database makes. The Social Context of Greek Art strikingly unique. For "Scene of Theseus and the Minotaur" and others like it, the viewer can access Perseus to find out relevant information of the history of the object and its acquisition, as well as to look at high-quality photographs of the object...

Author: By John M. Biers, | Title: Theseus and the Minotaur on a Mac: Computer Technology Takes Ancient Greek Art Exhibit at the Fogg Into the 21st Century | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

...right sits a storage jar from around 540 B.C. that portrays a scene of Theseus and the Minotaur. It can be found in the new exhibit at the Fogg,The Social Context of Greek Art. But why is this scene important? Who was Theseus What's a Minotaur? What are all the designs on the pot? What about the dress of the characters? And, what's a "storage...

Author: By John M. Biers, | Title: Theseus and the Minotaur on a Mac: Computer Technology Takes Ancient Greek Art Exhibit at the Fogg Into the 21st Century | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

...along the road because the material might be in some sense dry and arcane to many people. Each actor has a little riddle or an obstacle for Garrison, who has to work his way around it to move farther into the heart of the labyrinth, where the Cretan Minotaur lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Plunging into The Labyrinth | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

...family. Social values were relative, if not hypocritical. Puzo is not your average moralist. He does not pontificate from the high ground. His view of human nature is subterranean, not to say labyrinthine. The twists and turns in his new novel might have easily confused the Minotaur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Govfather: THE FOURTH K by Mario Puzo | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

...Crimson press said, ineffable charm, five minutes on the telephone, and an ungodly amount of good fortune landed me and my best girl two complimentary passes to EPCOT, and consequently, Captain EO, that aforementioned multi-media minotaur with the legs of Thriller and the horns of Daddy Zoetrope...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: KID IN A CANDYSHOP: | 2/6/1987 | See Source »

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