Successful Launch of the Parthenon Marbles Committee Website.

On Wednesday the 14^th of March friends and supporters of the International Organising Committee - Australia – for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles, were gathered at the Athenian Restaurant, Sydney, to celebrate the launch of the Committee’s new website.

A number of distinguished guests honoured us with their presence:

The History of the Parthenon is the History of Mankind

By Michael J. Reppas II, Esq.

The history of mankind is sometimes presented as a timeline where milestone events are pegged and their significance explained. An honest timeline of mankind’s history marks creations of genius in art, architecture, philosophy and literature alongside those of darker events such as war, conquest, and genocide. An intellectually honest timeline that identifies both the positive and negative milestone events in our past. Authors and educators illustrating the development of mankind, typically mark milestone events based upon what they believe were creations of such significant occurrence that their existence forever changed the way we thought and lived.

Australian contingent off to UK to get Marbles back

11 April 2012 | THOMAS ANDRONAS | neoskosmos.com

A united contingent of campaigners seeking the restitution of the Parthenon marbles to Greece will travel to London later this year, to apply pressure on the British government.

The contingent will be spearheaded by Chairman of the International Organising Committee Australia for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles Emanuel Comino, and famed South African human rights lawyer George Bizos.
They will participate in a conference on the topic, to be held on June 19 and 20, at the Hellenic Centre in London.

Greece mulled buying Acropolis marbles from Britain

ATHENS — Greece's Bavarian-born King Otto considered offering Britain cash or antiquities in the 19th century in exchange for marbles removed from the Acropolis, previously unpublished historical files have shown.

"There is a document to the foreign ministry, subsequently forwarded to Otto's minister in London, with instructions on how to request the marbles back," Acropolis Museum director Demetrios Pantermalis told a conference on Monday.

“Opus Elgin: The destruction of the Parthenon”

Opera in two acts by Theodore C Stathis

An original work concerning the story of the plundering of the Parthenon and Greece's demand that the Parthenon marbles be returned.

29 May 2012 / 20:00

Alexandra Trianti Hall, Athens

Stephen Fry Supports the Return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece

This articles is a republication of the article by Stella Tsolakidou on December 24, 2011 on "Greek Reporter"

Stephen Fry is known for his philhellenic ideas. His latest demonstration of those was his December 19 article, in which he asked from the British PM to return the Parthenon Marbles to their rightful owner: Greece.

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