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Art: The conscious use of skill; taste and creative imagination in the production of aesthetic objects; works so produced.

Myth: A traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the worldview of a people or explain a practice, belief or natural phenomenon. A person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence.

Legend: A story coming down from the past; one popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable.

Story: History. An account of incidents or events. A statement regarding the facts pertinent to a situation in question.

Webster’s Third International Dictionary

Mosaic of Athena (Minerva), Roman, ca. 2nd-4th century CE

Courtesy of the San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas