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"Greece has vowed to intensify its campaign for the reunification of the
Parthenon sculptures amid “optimistic” signs that British public opinion has
shifted markedly in favour of returning the prized “Elgin” marbles to Athens.
The Greek government said it would step up pressure for the fifth-century BC
antiquities to be enjoyed in their entirety, within view of the Acropolis,
after receiving support from an unexpected quarter of the British
establishment.
“The sculptures are the most important link between the modern Greeks and their
ancestors,” said Tasos Chatzivasileiou, an MP who is the Greek prime minister’s
top foreign policy adviser. “Our strategy will be to turn up the heat, to keep
this issue in the public sphere and to raise it at every opportunity.”
An about-turn by the Times newspaper, arguing for the treasures to be returned
to Greece, was evidence the campaign was working, he said.
Not since the early 1980s – when the former culture minister Melina Mercouri
first demanded they be restored to their homeland – has the drive to retrieve
the “exiled” marbles been so alive."
Via Glyn Moody, who wrote "the #brexiters are going to love it when the marbles
are handed back to greece…"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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