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Theseus and the Minotaur, from Plutarch's "Life of Theseus"
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Printed text on both sides and woodcut illustration on recto, Life of Theseus
Life of Theseus, Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of James Clark McGuire 1930
Title: Theseus and the Minotaur, from Plutarch's "Life of Theseus"
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Printed text on both sides and woodcut illustration on recto, Life of Theseus.
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