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The Parthenon Marbles: Beauty, Plunder, and a 200-Year-Old Dispute
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the story of the Parthenon Marbles—the magnificent sculptures that once adorned the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis. They trace the marbles' creation under the direction of Phidias in the 5th century BCE, their survival through centuries of transformation (from temple to church to mosque), and their controversial removal by Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin, in the early 1800s. The conversation dives into the legal and ethical debates surrounding the marbles' current home in the British Museum, the Greek campaign for their return, and…
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