Greek and Roman mythology has long inspired Western artists, from Caravaggio and Michelango to Picasso and Damien Hirst.

A new exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art explores how various myths captured the imaginations of Surrealist artists like Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso.

The information panel next to this violent image says Picasso was fascinated with the half-man, half-bull monster from Greek mythology, and its ability to overpower others.

More than once, (Picasso) expressed a desire to meet Chaplin. He never failed to add, very seriously: “He’s a man who, like me, has suffered a great deal at the hands of women.” &… ...

His myth has been burnished by his prodigious output — he produced an estimated 13,500 paintings, ... will look at how the young Picasso was shaped by his 16th-century Greek-born predecessor, ...

THE UNIVERSE, THE GODS, AND MEN: Ancient Greek Myths Gijs van Hensbergen, , trans. from the French by Linda Asher. . HarperCollins, $24 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-06-019775-9 ...

Greek and Roman mythology has long inspired Western artists, from Caravaggio and Michelango to Picasso and Damien Hirst.