June 20, 2004
Parthenon Marbes must be returned
A follow up by the Macedonia Press Agency to Neal Ascherson’s article in the Observer.
From:
Macedonian Press Agency
MONDAY, 21 JUNE 2004
THE EXILE OF THE PARTHENON MARBLES MUST END
Thessaloniki, 21 June 2004 (14:17 UTC+2)The exile of the Parthenon Marbles must end writes famous Scotch journalist and author Neal Ascherson in an article on the British newspaper “The Observer”.
He underlines that Britain has no arguments to confront Greece’s demand for the return of the Parthenon Marbles.
He mentions characteristically, “The row has been running for two centuries. The arguments for keeping the marbles in London change all the time, but the arguments for returning them stay much the same. In 1828, a Polish visitor to London, Krystyn Lach-Szyrma, wrote: “There [in Athens] everything had its reason for existence and meaning and formed one whole; here everything is in pieces, almost in ruins, without any sense or order. In a word, these remains brought to England are no longer what they were in Greece… where the common people, even through looking at them, developed their taste and perception.”
- End of exile for the marbles? : June 20, 2004
- Can the Parthenon Sculptures be compared to the Bayeux tapestry? : July 1, 2008
- The legal arguments for the return of the Parthenon Marbles : October 16, 2012
- Lecture at Hamilton College on the Parthenon Marbles : October 8, 2005
- Andrew George MP expands on his arguments for why the Parthenon Marbles should now be returned : July 21, 2011
- A compelling reason why the Parthenon Sculptures should be reunified in Athens : October 30, 2010
- Future of Elgin Marbles is not cast in stone : October 20, 2005
- The Parthenon Marbles as works of sculpture : March 30, 2012