DaisyAnneReturns
So what is your accreditation that allows you to say Elgin removed the Acropolis sculptures legitimately, eazybee? There are scholars arguing on both sides.
The evidence is an English translation of an Italian translation of a Turkish document. Turkey at the time being an occupying force. This is very shaky ground you are relying on.
To be honest, this is all of little relevance to the spat Subak set off but it does sound as if, yet again, we have someone offering an unsubstantiated opinion which they then expect others to accept as a truth.
The evidence, as described by DAR is very shaky. Elgin was not able to produce the original agreement with the Turks, and neither were the Turks.
The findings of the 1816 Select Committee have no standing in law and were highly disputed at the time. They are not the clincher that people think they are.
The Greeks have been asking for the return of the marbles since they won independence from the Ottoman Empire in the 1830s.
It is not beyond the bounds of possibility in this day and age for accurate replicas to be made of the marbles which could be displayed in the British Museum with an account of their full history. The originals should be returned.
In fact, serious negotiations for their return have been ongoing for a considerable period, which indicates to me that we are not adamant about hanging on to them.
I have been to see them a number of times. They are stunning works of art, classical Greek sculpture is a high point in ancient Greek culture.
