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Acropolis now? 10:55am on 20 Jun 2009 Thanks Razia for your blog which I'd like to contribute to by quoting from the now deceased Melina Mercouri (fromer Cultural Minister of Greece), delivered to the Oxford Union in June 1986.

"...You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. They are our pride. They are our sacrifices. They are our noblest symbol of excellence. They are a tribute to the democratic philosophy. They are our aspirations and our name. They are the essence of Greekness.
We are ready to say that we rule the entire Elgin enterprise as irrelevant to the present.

We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well as you could, for which we thank you. But now in the name of fairness and morality, please give them back. I sincerely believe that such a gesture from Great Britain would ever honour your name."

Thank you

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