Among the first to visit Greece’s new Acropolis Museum, devoted to the Parthenon and other temples, [Christopher Hitchens] reviews the origins of a gloriously “right” structure (part of a fifth-century-b.c. stimulus plan) and the continuing outrage that half its façade is still in London.
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He almost convinced me that the British should bring back the Elgin marbles. Maybe if I read it a second time I’ll be fully convinced.
#1 par Méabh Fitzpatrick le juin 22, 2009 - 5:55
Why do you think they shouldn’t be brought back?
#2 par Oldcola le juin 22, 2009 - 6:25
It’s not that I think they shouldn’t be brought back, but the British don’t have to bring them back.
If it was formulated as an obligation a lot of stuff should move around the globe
But it would be nice to have the whole thing assembled.