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What do you believe? Should the Parthenon Marbles return to the country that created them?
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Or should the Marbles stay in the country that saved them from almost certain destruction? I can see both sides of the argument.
Okay, I edited my original comment because it was a deliberate exaggeration. But since the Turks had owned the Marbles for centuries, they did have a right to sell them or give them away. And nobody has proven that Lord Elgin didn't have permission to take them. It's unlikely he could have removed the Marbles if he didn't have permission from the Turks, who were the owners at the time.
Even if he purchased them rightfully from the Ottomans, again it does not mean anything. It is ethically a theft, for the real owners would never sell them. It is like you ask the Germans during the occupation to sell you the Acropolis along with the sacred rock ...
So, would you say that the current government of Greece has no title to Paleolithic artifacts found in Greece? After all, the people who made them probably weren't ancestral to the modern Greeks.
It should be sent to Nashville where a proper Parthenon stands in it's top glory.
And where Athina feels at home:
I think Greeks should rebuild whole Acropolis to show first that they care about their heritage.
Fake but still so real and beautiful. Where is your original one? Oh right, your Christian forefathers closed this pagan temple and moved Athena to Constantinople and ... lost it. Nice.Indeed, very beautiful, but fake.
Fake but still so real and beautiful. Where is your original one? Oh right, your Christian forefathers closed this pagan temple and moved Athena to Constantinople and ... lost it. Nice.
In this case isn't the fake one better than none? You should be a little bit happy, no?
What if I'm Turk or Albanian? Do you have a reason to hate me more now?
Yeah, blame it on the Romans. I bet the Persian feel the same love towards the Greeks and Alexander (not so) Great.When the Roman Empire changed the original religion, this was the end Hellenism. Everything Greek was pagan for them. And yes, they destroyed everything !
Yeah, blame it on the Romans. I bet the Persian feel the same love towards the Greeks and Alexander (not so) Great.
? who/what disapproves my statement? By "statement" you meant my opinion, right?OP disapproves your statement.
? who/what disapproves my statement? By "statement" you meant my opinion, right?
Ups, sorry for not following your orders SIR! I have expressed my opinion, maybe not the way you liked it, but that's how these forums are... Hope that you will get more than your own opinion in your OP. Good luck with it. Over and out.What is your opinion about the Parthenon Marbles Sir?
This is the question of this thread!
Yeah, blame it on the Romans. I bet the Persian feel the same love towards the Greeks and Alexander (not so) Great.
Ups, sorry for not following your orders SIR! I have expressed my opinion, maybe not the way you liked it, but that's how these forums are... Hope that you will get more than your own opinion in your OP. Good luck with it. Over and out.
Yes, that's the example I should have used (although I still think my reference to Paleolithic artifacts was valid).
Greece must return to Iran everything that Al the Great looted from Ecbatana or no return of the Elgin Marbles.
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