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Greece Believes Brexit Strengthens Case for Return of Parthenon Parts

By Pia Koh
Feb. 4, 2020 13:37 UTC
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Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni announced plans to inten­sify efforts to return Parthenon parts to Greece dur­ing an event in Athens last week, specif­i­cally tar­get­ing the ped­i­ments of the colos­sal stat­ues cur­rently on dis­play in the British Museum. Mendoni believes that with the U.K. no longer in the EU and Greece expe­ri­enc­ing growth, the con­di­tions are right for the per­ma­nent return of the Parthenon mar­bles, includ­ing the sig­nif­i­cant west ped­i­ment depict­ing mytho­log­i­cal gods and the first olive tree.

Last week, dur­ing an Athens event on the reuni­fi­ca­tion of the Parthenon’s mar­bles, Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni announced that the coun­try would be inten­si­fy­ing its efforts to return Parthenon parts to their orig­i­nal home.

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Pediments of the colos­sal stat­ues, orig­i­nat­ing in 437 – 432 BC, are cur­rently on dis­play in the British Museum, where they have been the sub­ject of dis­pute for over thirty years.

Seeing as the U.K. is no longer a mem­ber of the EU, and Greece is on a path of finan­cial and cul­tural growth, Mendoni says that ​“the right con­di­tions have been cre­ated for their per­ma­nent return.”

The west ped­i­ment, in par­tic­u­lar, is sig­nif­i­cant to Greece, not only for its depic­tion of the gods and god­desses that make up its mytho­log­i­cal his­tory but also for its ref­er­ence to the first olive tree that rose from the ground.

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