Word: parthenon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Greece took steps years ago to halt further deterioration of its antiquities. Planes are barred from flying over Athens, and tourists are no longer permitted to walk into the Parthenon, Athena's exquisite temple atop the Acropolis. Still, with as many as 6,000 visitors a day clambering up the Acropolis, some parts of its rock have become so slippery and dangerous that officials have had to cover them with concrete. Marble treasures in the museum have been blackened by tourists' greasy hands. Officialdom can also be difficult: although buses have not been allowed on the Acropolis since...
...Omaha request occurred amid a fervent international debate about the ethics of art repatriation. At the forefront of this debate is the dispute between the British Museum and the Greek government over the Athenian friezes from the Parthenon now exhibited in England...
...capital's pollution and potential safety problems. Atlanta promised smoother sailing, to say nothing of the likelihood of the kind of neat profit from commercial sponsorship perfected at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. Complained Melina Mercouri, actress and former Greek Minister of Culture: "Coca-Cola won over the Parthenon...
...reassure I.O.C. members who felt the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics had gone too far in commercializing the Games, the committee liked to stress the city's appeal as a symbol of racial harmony. Now comes the tricky part: making room for both Coca-Cola and the spirit of the Parthenon...