Thoughts on the new Acropolis Museum

Michael Kimmelman discusses the Acropolis Museum and its implications for the dispute over the Elgin Marbles. Notable quote from writer Nikos Dimou, regarding the paradoxical nature of modern Greek identity:

"We used to speak Albanian and call ourselves Romans, but then Winckelmann, Goethe, Victor Hugo, Delacroix, they all told us, 'No, you are Hellenes, direct descendants of Plato and Socrates,' and that did it. If a small, poor nation has such a burden put on its shoulders, it will never recover."

Posted by David on June 24, 2009 3:42 PM