Abstract
The richness of Greek mythology, combined with the need to preserve and spread the intangible and tangible cultural heritage, constitute the incentives towards the exploration of new ways to narrate these fascinating “stories” and to display their artistic depictions. COSMOS offers the opportunity to record Greek mythology, both in its written and visual forms.
COSMOS is developed in two interrelated units, Myths and Art. Each one is organized in three dynamic windows, that visualize the correlations among their basic elements, thus offering a complete picture to the user. Myths include: a) the myths as stories, b) the participating characters and c) the places these stories are set in, whereas, Art includes: a) the portrayals of myths in artworks, b) the depicted characters and c) their original and present location.
The implementation is realized by the Knowledge Management System and the Knowledge Presentation System, that make use of state-of-the-art technologies in the fields of Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and 3D Imaging, in order to visualize myths, artworks and their connections, in an appealing and comprehensible way.
The final product addresses to a vast audience and it can be used: a) as a study aid for anyone interested, b) for educational purposes, by teachers and students, c) as a reference tool in the field of the Social Sciences and the Humanities, for the production of research projects, and d) as a scientific documentation tool, for exhibition curating purposes.
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COSMOS is co-financed by the European Union and Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship & Innovation (EPANEK), in the framework of the RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE Action (project code T1EDK-04283). Project duration: 30 months.
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Thomopoulos, S.C.A., Tsimpiridis, P., Theodorou, EI., Maroglou, C., Georgiou, E., Christopoulou, C. (2021). COSMOS. Cultural Osmosis – Mythology and Art. In: Ioannides, M., Fink, E., Cantoni, L., Champion, E. (eds) Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. EuroMed 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12642. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73043-7_30
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