{"id":21652,"date":"2013-02-15T21:53:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T19:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.ikaria.ch\/?p=21652"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:18:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T23:18:15","slug":"i-am-greek-i-want-to-go-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ursula.ikaria.ch\/en\/i-am-greek-i-want-to-go-home\/","title":{"rendered":"I am Greek! I want to go home!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Who doesn’t know them, the Koren (\u03ba\u03cc\u03c1\u03b7 – girl, virgin), the beautiful, marble virgins of the Parthenon, the Caryatids. As symbols of beauty of their time, they stand in the Acropolis area and carry the Erechtheion. The Erechtheion is best known for its vestibule, which is supported by six larger-than-life girl figures instead of columns. Their job is to guard the Holy of Holies.<\/p>\n

One of the six Koren was brought to Britain by Lord Elgin in 1811 and is still in the British Museum today. Since then, the Caryatids have become the symbol for all of Greece’s stolen ancient treasures, which are \u201cdrawn away\u201d to various museums around the world. Just like the Venus of Milos, which is still trapped in the Louvre today.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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the Lothians blogspot.com<\/p>\n

They are a symbol of a new self-confidence among the Greeks and the resulting movement to protect cultural assets and return the deported treasures to their homeland. The actress Melina Mercouri was the most famous ambassador in this field. Greece is not alone in its concerns. Egypt’s Nefertiti is being held in Germany, as is Turkey’s Pergamon Altar, and Ethiopia is demanding the Magdala Treasure back from the English.<\/p>\n

Friends have now made my attention to the very special video clip by Ares Kalogeropoulos on this topic. Great music and German text with Greek translation! I definitely don’t want to keep it from you!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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