tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101913167226700484.post6998803503710200801..comments2023-11-03T12:03:01.691-07:00Comments on Surprised by Time: A Missing Acropolis MarbleNauplionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10598950480737808706noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101913167226700484.post-40119320748166946412012-09-25T23:15:33.832-07:002012-09-25T23:15:33.832-07:00Thank you very much for this information. I wrote...Thank you very much for this information. I wrote what our group was told when George Spyropoulos showed us the apotheke.Nauplionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598950480737808706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101913167226700484.post-56154425035113034922012-09-25T22:10:06.210-07:002012-09-25T22:10:06.210-07:00There is no evidence that Herodes Atticus removed ...There is no evidence that Herodes Atticus removed the Marathon casualty list from Marathon. The fact that it was found in his villa means nothing. The villa survived until the 5th c. AD. Any one of the later owners could have taken it. <br />In addition, the dancing girl is not by Kallimachos. It is a copy of an acroterion of a Greek temple. The original was removed to Rome and is in the Palatine Museum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101913167226700484.post-73127615255834009602011-04-18T11:02:56.264-07:002011-04-18T11:02:56.264-07:00One of the archaeology staff, at the time when we ...One of the archaeology staff, at the time when we saw the Marathon stone, told us that it was written in boustrophedon and diagonally, and I repeated that above. Now that we have pictures of the stone, I see we were incorrectly informed.<br />http://surprisedbytime.blogspot.com/2011/04/marathon-stone.html<br />Surely the archaeological staff should be better educated about their own holdings. We also learn now that this stone was excavated at some time between 1980 and 2001. No one who has not seen the apotheke of some museum can conceive of the bulk of treasures kept hidden and unpublished for generations. Surely "preserving the national heritage" does not mean acting as dogs in mangers. All the yammering about the Elgin Marbles does not make up for the lack of responsibility for the apothekes.Nauplionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598950480737808706noreply@blogger.com