The recent news about the economic and political crisis in Greece brings to mind the controversy surrounding the Parthenon Marbles. The Parthenon Marbles are the classical Greek sculptures by Pheidias and his workshop that originally were part of the Parthenon … Continue reading
Sculptures from the east pediment of the Parthenon, c. 438-432 B.C.E., marble, over life-size, The British Museum, photo by Andrew Dunn under a Creative Commons Attribution license via Wikimedia Commons.