‘F**k You, B*stard!’: Elgin Marble Diplomatic Fallout Continues As Greek Newspaper Rips Rishi Sunak
‘F**k You, B*stard!’: Elgin Marble Diplomatic Fallout Continues As Greek Newspaper Rips Rishi Sunak
The Elgin Marbles are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Acropolis in Athens and were removed from the Parthenon in the early 19th century.
A right-wing Greek newspaper launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after his abrupt cancellation of talks with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Sunak snubbed Mitsotakis just hours before the pre-planned meeting after the Greek Prime Minister raised the repatriation of ancient historic artefacts .
Its crazy how they can somehow justify taking and owning those
And how culturally insensitive they can be to constantly refer to them by the name of the guy who stole them.
I wouldn't focus too much on that. I studied in a Greek-medium public school, and the sculptures were always referred to as "Elgin Marbles" in history textbooks produced by the Greek Ministry of Education. Same for journalism and public discourse in Greek.
Diligently correcting the term to "Parthenon sculptures" is a recent cause.