A new website
will be launched next month to increase pressure on the British government to
return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece .
The Australian
Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) was launched the website www.parthenonmarblesaustralia.org.au in Sydney on March 14.
The
International Organising Committee (
Mr Comino told Neos Kosmos that now the New Acropolis
Museum was open, there was no excuse
for Britain to retain the Marbles on the grounds that
appropriate facilities to house the Marbles was not available in Greece .
“Common sense is going to prevail one of these days. The British and Greek
committees should sit down in a most respectful and in the friendliest manner
possible and solve the matter.
“With Greece
going through difficult times the need for reconnecting with the values and
ideas that helped the country establish as a beacon of the modern civilisation is
more relevant than ever. The Parthenon Marbles remain an integral part of the
Parthenon as a monument to the glory of classical Greece and the civilisation it gave
to the world.”
 |
| Parthenon Marble replica at the Acropolis Museum in Athens (photo: Mike Sweet) |
Dennis Tritaris,
public affairs officer for AHEPA said: “This website will be a tool for
education, for raising awareness, for promotion of our events and for special projects
and interaction with the community. In combination with social networking tools
the website will expand our network of members and supporters.
Of the 115 block
frieze that survives today, 50 meters is in the Acropolis Museum, 80 meters in
the British Museum, one block in the Louvre, and other fragments are scattered
in the museums of Palermo, the Vatican, Wurzburg, Vienna, Munich and
Copenhagen.
The new website,
developed in conjunction with Orama Communications, will be launched during a
special banquet dinner in Sydney
on March 14.
Venue: The Athenian
Restaurant, 11 Barrach Street ,
Sydney
MIKE SWEET, Neos Kosmos
