Tag: Greece

"A standardised visual vocabulary of royal ideology represented by statues and coinage"

The essay, titled, ‘Elgin goes to Athens – The President marbles at the Grandeur that was (in) Greece’, was written in 1986 for the Oxford Union magazine, Debate. Journalists from Athens newspaper Ta Nea found the article in an Oxford library and have made it public.

'O Cypris! I must rank among those who seek your nectar.'

"City squares and commercial districts were empty, pavements which would have been filled with tables from cafes remained bare, and the Acropolis looked over an Athens devoid of tourists."

Place is the essence of this exhibition, which celebrates the beauty of Greece and its impact on the life and work of three famous bon vivants

The highly respected Classics tutor and lecturer drowned off the coast of Ouranoupoli, Greece last September

Jonathan Egid sheds light on one of Crete's most intriguing characters