The story behind the Parthenon Project

It was the first official event of the Parthenon Project in Greece, a campaign that aims to reunite the Parthenon Marbles currently at the British Museum in London with their counterparts in Athens. At the end of September, the Lefa family - John, Maria and their daughter Melissa - who founded and are financing the project, traveled to Athens from abroad where they live to welcome their speakers who arrived from the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. Everyone was given a guided tour of the Acropolis Hill and later they presented a panel discussion, attended by Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis and Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, on some of the positions and proposals "for a mutually beneficial solution."

John Lefas spoke for the first time publicly about his plans, but the "odyssey" - as he described the whole effort - started at the beginning of 2018. Since...