Pericles

In an opinion piece regarding the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, a British intellectual argues that these antiquities should remain permanently in the British Museum, mainly because today’s humanity is entirely incapable of appreciating the true value of these unparalleled works of art.

His grandfather, Yiannis Dedes, was a member of the Political Committee of National Liberation, widely known as the "Mountain Government," of the Communist-led EAM-ELAS resistance movement. His uncle, Sotiris Dedes, was a founding member of the Democratic Defense, an anti-dictatorial resistance organization in which his father was also actively involved.

An article by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is hosted by the British newspaper "The Mail on Sunday", in which he calls on his British counterpart to seize the opportunity at this time, and the current generation to be the one to finally reunite the Parthenon Sculptures.

Here is the full text of the Prime Minister's article:

The new world order has not come into being as one would have expected in the wake of the Soviet collapse 30 years ago. In fact, it is still in the making, with no signs of settling down. The current coronavirus pandemic, which is ravaging every corner of the world, could perhaps bring this distant prospect closer to us than imagined.

A worker hoists a piece of marble inside the Parthenon during ongoing restoration works on top of the Acropolis hill in Athens, on Monday. Culture Minister Myrsini Zorba and the ministry's General Secretary Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki were briefed on the progress of works during a visit to the site on Monday.

Dimitri Gondicas speaks passionately but modestly when discussing the new branch of Princeton University's Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies in Athens.

Gondicas has been at Princeton since the 1970s, first as a student of physics and then as a lecturer in Modern Greek, going on to become the director of the Seeger Center of Hellenic Studies in 2010.

French newspaper Le Monde presents the Greek crisis through an exploration into the life and times of the Patatopoulos family. The clip shows the changes in the life of a typical Greek family since 2010.

By Pantelis Boukalas

A cup believed to have been used by Classical Greek statesman Pericles has been found in a pauper's grave in north Athens, according to local reports Wednesday.

The ceramic wine cup, smashed in 12 pieces, was found during building construction in the northern Athens suburb of Kifissia, Ta Nea daily said.