After submitting your "presentation" on your artist, your work continues! In a departure from previous unit assignments, this assignment REQUIRES responding to your classmates' blog posts as part of the grade!  Specifically, you must post TWICE, to two different classmates' submissions: in ONE of your responses, offer how your own research and stance supports that student's argument; in your SECOND response, play the devil's advocate and argue the opposite position, based on your research. This Discussion Board Research Topic will be worth up to one hundred (100) points , and will be graded based on the following criteria: following all the steps and completing the assignment fully how you present an understanding of the Parthenon sculpted imagery as being representative of ancient Athenians, based on what you learned this Unit from the textbook reading and Unit Lesson file the depth of your research and understanding of the arguments made in regards to the Elgin Marbles the clarity and persuasiveness of your written argument your use of proper spelling, grammar, and tone appropriate for college-level writing Furthermore, your grade will be calculated as follows: Your written presentation on the Elgin Marbles debate = 60 points Your first comment on a classmates' submission in support of their stance = 20 points Your second comment on a classmates' submission opposing their stance = 20 points The student 1 essay:   In the Parthenon Freeze, in contrast to the mythical themes of the Meteops and pediments, Phidias painted the city's greatest festival, the Great Panathenaia, in honor of the goddess Athena. The festival is held every four years and lasts for 12 days, with ceremonies, sacrifices, athletics and music. The festival culminated on Athena's birthday on the 28th of the month of Hekatombaion in the heart of summer. That day, the procession proceeded to the temple of Athena Polias (Archaios Naos, later replaced by Erechtheion) to hand over the new peplos for the goddess's old xoanon to the priestess. This procession stretches over 160 meters of Parthenon freeze continuous sculptural decoration. The freeze consists of 115 blocks. The total length was 160 meters and the height was 1.02 meters. About 378 figures and gods and more than 200 animals, mainly horses, are presented in this process. Most of the Freeze universe is occupied by groups of horses and tanks. The sacrificial procession is as follows, with men and women in groups of animals carrying ceremonial vessels and offerings. This procession ends with an altar statue of the goddess of xodonon (ancient wooden statue), donated by the people of the Athens people. To the left and right of the peplos landscape sit the twelve gods of Mount Olympos. From the entire freeze that survives today, 50 meters is scattered in the Acropolis Museum, 80 meters in the British Museum, one block in the Louvre, and other fragments in the museums of Palermo, Vatican, Wurzburg, Vienna ...

1. After submitting your "presentation" on your artist, your work
continues!
In a departure from previous unit assignments, this assignment
REQUIRES responding to your classmates' blog posts as part of
the grade! Specifically, you must post TWICE, to two different
classmates' submissions: in ONE of your responses, offer how
your own research and stance supports that student's argument;
in your SECOND response, play the devil's advocate and argue
the opposite position, based on your research.
This Discussion Board Research Topic will be worth up to
one hundred (100) points
, and will be graded based on the following criteria:
following all the steps and completing the assignment fully
how you present an understanding of the Parthenon sculpted
imagery as being representative of ancient Athenians, based on
what you learned this Unit from the textbook reading and Unit
Lesson file
the depth of your research and understanding of the arguments
made in regards to the Elgin Marbles
the clarity and persuasiveness of your written argument
your use of proper spelling, grammar, and tone appropriate for
college-level writing

2. Furthermore, your grade will be calculated as follows:
Your written presentation on the Elgin Marbles debate = 60
points
Your first comment on a classmates' submission in support of
their stance = 20 points
Your second comment on a classmates' submission opposing
their stance = 20 points
The student 1 essay:
In the Parthenon Freeze, in contrast to the mythical themes of
the Meteops and pediments, Phidias painted the city's greatest
festival, the Great Panathenaia, in honor of the goddess Athena.
The festival is held every four years and lasts for 12 days, with
ceremonies, sacrifices, athletics and music. The festival
culminated on Athena's birthday on the 28th of the month of
Hekatombaion in the heart of summer. That day, the procession
proceeded to the temple of Athena Polias (Archaios Naos, later
replaced by Erechtheion) to hand over the new peplos for the
goddess's old xoanon to the priestess. This procession stretches
over 160 meters of Parthenon freeze continuous sculptural
decoration. The freeze consists of 115 blocks. The total length
was 160 meters and the height was 1.02 meters. About 378
figures and gods and more than 200 animals, mainly horses, are
presented in this process. Most of the Freeze universe is
occupied by groups of horses and tanks. The sacrificial
procession is as follows, with men and women in groups of

3. animals carrying ceremonial vessels and offerings. This
procession ends with an altar statue of the goddess of xodonon
(ancient wooden statue), donated by the people of the Athens
people. To the left and right of the peplos landscape sit the
twelve gods of Mount Olympos. From the entire freeze that
survives today, 50 meters is scattered in the Acropolis Museum,
80 meters in the British Museum, one block in the Louvre, and
other fragments in the museums of Palermo, Vatican, Wurzburg,
Vienna, Munich and Copenhagen.
The pediments were the last part of the building that
received the sculptural decoration (437-432 BC), a triangular
space formed by the horizontal roofs and the cornice of the hills
on either side of the temple. They made up a huge statue in a
round, the theme drawn from attic mythology. The eastern
pediment above the entrance to the temple shows the birth of
the goddess of Athena from the head of her father Zeus in front
of the god of the Olympics. The western pediment shows the
conflict between Athena and Poseidon claiming the land of
Attica, the legendary battle that brought Athena's victory.
I chose Caryatid's Election as one of the images. This is
one of the Elgin Marbles. The six female figures of Election are
called "Caryatids". The pillar itself is a statue of a girl, so it's
kind of artistic. It is a statue of girls carrying offerings in an
overhead basket, each with a height of a few meters. However,
the currently displayed Caryatid is a replica, and the real thing
is on display at the New Acropolis Museum. Currently, the
number of exhibits is five. One of the six was the best-
preserved individual, but Elgin cut it out in 1803 and took it to
England. At that time, in order to prevent the ceiling from
collapsing, a wooden stick was placed in the space of one body
like a stick, and it is said that the citizens of Athens rioted
because of the unsightly appearance.
The British side found less value than it is today when

4. the sculptures and works were donated to Britain, and Elgin,
with the permission of Ottoman Emperor Selim III, was in
Athens, then Ottoman territory three times from 1802. From the
Parthenon, a relief mural, later called "Elgin Marbles," was
stripped from the temple and shipped to England.
Because at the end of the 18th century when Napoleon was
active. In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his expedition to
Egypt. The Middle East at that time was under the influence of
the Ottoman Empire. In the first place, Napoleon's expedition to
Egypt was to interfere with Britain's trade with India. Naturally,
Britain will also go to aid on the Ottoman side. Earl of Elgin
traveled to the Ottoman Empire as a diplomat in 1801 and
contributed to the defeat of the French army. He was so grateful
to Ottoman for that. However, shortly thereafter, in 1810, Earl
of Elgin became the subject of criticism. When the English poet
Byron visited Greece, he was disgusted by the traces of the
carved relief murals of the Parthenon and described Earl of
Elgin as "the curse of Minerva" in his book "The Curse of
Minerva". I criticized it. The problem quickly became famous,
and the sculptures he brought back after that became known as
the "Elgin Marbles." In the 20th century, it seems that Greece
has issued a request for return, but it has not been resolved. The
Greek side insists on Britain that all sculptures and works are a
single art.
I think the British side should retain sculptures and
works. There is also a view that the Earl of Elgin brought it
back to England and escaped from the later fire of the Greek
War of Independence. If everything is combined into one work,
modern times there is a technique to make elaborate replicas, so
it should be possible to display it and assemble and appreciate
everything. I do not think what Elgin did is a crime. However,
as the word aging is used, I feel that it is not necessary to bring
old things to the present day and make them a problem.

5. Student 2 Essay:
There has been some debate in the ancient art community in
regards to the Parthenon Sculptures (also known as the Elgin
Marbles), in whether the British Museum should return the
sculptures to the rightful place in Greece or should Greece
recognized England’s claim to the sculptures by right of
conquest, as well as the significance of the sculpture towards
Greece. As the sculptures provide ties for the modern Greek
citizens to their ancestors, their country’s history, and their
religion. With the sculptures away from their home country it
can create a stigma and leave negative impacts in its place.
The Parthenon sculptures should be returned to their homeland
of Greece, the sculptures were created in Greece and have a
historical meaning towards the modern-day citizens of the
country as their ancestors created the sculptures. The British
Museum may have found the sculptures but they had no right to
remove them from Greece and they especially have no right to
refuse Greece’s request for the return of the sculptures. Sadly
enough the British Museum has had a history of stealing
artifacts around the globe from ancient civilizations and then
refusing to return said artifacts to their rightful countries, as the
British Museum believes they have a right to the artifacts due to
the fact they found them, they seem to take an immature finders
keepers approach towards artifacts regardless to their meaning
and significance towards culture and/or country.
The British Museum received the Parthenon sculptures from
Lord Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, in
the early nineteenth century. Lord Elgin received permission
from the Turkish, who controlled Athens at the time, this

6. agreement has been called under scrutiny over whether or not
the agreement had legality, to which the British Museum has
stated numerous times that the deal was made in good faith and
should still stand, however it was not the Greek government that
had made the deal, it was the Turkish who had temporary
control over Athens, a country who had no ties to the sculptures
gave them away without consulting the people. This is not the
first time the British Museum has stolen artifacts from other
countries, it has been estimated that “No less than 90% of
African cultural property resides in European museums.” And
yes despite both France and Italy returning their ill -gained
artifacts, England seems to have tightened their grip on them.
Not only have they refused to give the sculptures to Greece, but
they have also refused to return the Rosetta Stone to Egypt
when the country requested it to be returned.
The sculptures were originally part of a temple in the city-
state of Athens. The temple was dedicated to the goddess
Athena and was a symbol of power, wealth, and the culture of
Athens. The frieze was decorated to depict the scene of the
sacrifice of Pandora to the goddess Athena. The pediments
depicted the birth of Athena and showed the competition
between Athena and Posideon over which would rule over
Athens. Athena won and was declared the Patron of Athens, the
goddess was very important to the city-state and was seen as its
protector. The Greeks celebrated the goddess for this and
prayed to her and offered her sacrifices to accompany their
prayers. While sacrifices, both human and animal have ceased
to happen for most of the modern-day worship, Athena still has
those who pray to her in today’s Greece, and the remains of her
temple still have meaning to those individuals as well as others
who simply wish to witness what was once the greatest moment
of their country’s history.