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As a Greek, I agree. Ancient Greek culture influences a lot of things, but I've never heard of any Greek being offended by any of it, we consider it homage/remi
by StavrosK 6y ago
As a Greek, I agree. Ancient Greek culture influences a lot of things, but I've never heard of any Greek being offended by any of it, we consider it homage/remixing.
Except the Parthenon marbles, we want those back.
- dkdbejwi383 6y agoThe world would be much poorer without Greek culture. Would life be worth living without gyros?
- zimablue 6y agoAs a Brit who visited Greece it shocked me how much of a political issue it is there. I kind of came to the conclusion that any slippery slope or historical argument is less relevant than "If they want them so badly and we don't really care, just hand them over"
- marcus_holmes 6y agoI agree. The British Museum would be pretty empty if we had to give everyone their stuff back. I can see why they resist so much.
- soco 6y agoMuseums constantly have borrowed items on display - borrowed as in not stolen. I'm aware this is a more common practice the more modern arts you're displaying but still. I'm sure an institution of such prestige as the British Museum could find ways to arrange temporary exhibitions of like everything (I'm tempted to make silly parallels to the handling of Brexit negotiations but I will better stop here)
- marcus_holmes 6y agoDon't they usually arrange these as "swaps" though? (I'm no expert on this). I mean with other museums - I know there's the thing where rich people buy impressive shit and then lend it to museums so they don't have to worry about security.
- coldtea 6y ago>it shocked me how much of a political issue it is there Not that much at all. Perhaps you encoutered it at all because you're a Brit and so got into related discussions. It's not like people talk about it that much there.
- somerandobrit 6y agoI’ve never heard of this being an issue and I’ve visited Greece several times and have Greek coworkers.
- zimablue 6y agoI saw it in (I think, it wa sa while ago): Posters in the airport Museums Tour Guides Random conversations So some touristic and some just random like airport and people
- StavrosK 6y agoBasically the marbles were stolen decades ago, and the argument was that Greece was in no shape to hold them, so England was protecting them. Now we have the Acropolis museum, that argument doesn't hold so well any more.
- Symbiote 6y agoJust to make the history clearer, they were taken centuries ago -- they were taken to Britain between 1801 and 1812.
- timruffles 6y agoA lot of Brits would like the British Museum to give the marbles back too! <3
- callamdelaney 6y agoNot me
- StavrosK 6y agoDamn you
- StavrosK 6y ago<3
- dafoex 6y agoI don't really care who owns it, I'd just like it to be in a place where I can easily enjoy it.
- StavrosK 6y agoWell the effort is to move them from the British Museum to the Acropolis museum, so I guess "easily" depends on where you're located.
- coldtea 6y agoWell, that's not "cultural appropreation" though (the marbles thing) it's downright stealing...
- StavrosK 6y agoThis is true.
- twic 6y agoWe'll swap them for the magic sphere: https://labrujulaverde.com/en/2019/05/the-intriguing-magic-sphere-found-beneath-the-acropolis-of-athens/ https://labrujulaverde.com/en/2019/05/the-intriguing-magic-s...
- Leherenn 6y agoNorth Macedonia/FYROM claiming ancient Greek/Macedonian heritage was (and still is I think, even after the recent events) a big issue though, no?
- StavrosK 6y agoI think that has died down after the agreement (where they agree not to claim that any more). Their claim to ancient Greek heritage was an overreaction to a Greek overreaction to drive them out of south Macedonia (the Greek part) around 100 years ago. Before then, both races were coexisting pretty happily, as far as I know, but the Greek government decided to launch a propaganda against North Macedonians (slavs) in the early 1900s. There is some reaction within Greece after the agreement, about how it's a betrayal etc, but I expect that to die down pretty quickly now that the matter is settled.